Privat guide5.0
Cairo
Privat tur i det gamle Cairo: det islamiske Cairo, det koptiske Cairo og Khan El Khalili
Moskeer, kirker, synagogen og basaren, i bil og til fods, med frokost.
7 tPrivat
70 €Cairo og Giza
Det koptiske Cairo
Den romerske fæstning, Den Hængende Kirke og Den Hellige Families krypt.
- Fæstningen Babylon
- romersk, genopbygget af Trajan ca. år 100
- Den Hængende Kirke
- Al-Muallaqa, 3.–4. århundrede, over fæstningsporten
- Sankt Sergius
- krypten for Den Hellige Families ophold i Egypten
- Ben Ezra
- synagoge, kilde til Cairo Geniza-dokumenterne
Det koptiske Cairo er det kristne kvarter inden for murene af den romerske fæstning Babylon: Den Hængende Kirke bygget over fæstningsporten, Sankt Sergius og Bacchus-kirken med krypten, hvor Den Hellige Familie siges at have søgt ly, Ben Ezra-synagogen og Det Koptiske Museum. Et besøg tager en til to timer og er en del af vores Cairo-dagsture og den private tur i det gamle Cairo.
Besøget
Babylon was the Roman fort at the head of the Nile delta, and the Copts built their churches inside its walls after the Arab conquest. The Hanging Church takes its name from its nave suspended over the fortress gatehouse; its 110 icons and the marble pulpit on thirteen columns date from the 11th century and later.
The Church of St Sergius and Bacchus stands over a crypt that tradition names as the place where Mary, Joseph and the child Jesus stayed during the flight into Egypt; the Coptic liturgy still marks the visit. The Ben Ezra Synagogue nearby yielded the Geniza, 300,000 medieval documents found in its storeroom in 1896.
The Coptic Museum holds the largest collection of Christian Egyptian art, from Roman-era textiles to the Nag Hammadi gnostic codices. The whole quarter is walkable in an hour and a half and sits on the metro line at Mar Girgis.
Tips fra vores guider
- Shoulders and knees covered; hats off in the churches
- Sunday mornings the churches hold services; visit after 11:00
- The quarter is small; combine it with the Citadel and Khan El Khalili
Bedste tidspunkt: Alle årstider, sen formiddag eller eftermiddag.
Spørgsmål
Yes, daily, free of charge, outside service times. Dress modestly.
Because its nave is built over the southern gatehouse of the Roman fortress, suspended above the passage.
30.0055 N, 31.2300 EÅbn i Google Maps
