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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #37 of 139 attractions in Cairo
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Traveller Description: Considered one of Egypt’s largest and most magnificent churches, this 11th century church features a domed apse with seven steps decorated in bands of more »
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Attraction type: Religious site
Address: Near the Roman Fortress Cairo
Egypt

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“Eleventh Century Coptic Church”
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4 of 5 stars
redeco
Warren, Massachusetts
5 May 2009

St. Barbara Church was built in the 11th century and is one of the earliest, largest, and most beautifully decorated churches in Egypt. The entrance to the Church of St. Barbara is even lower than the street level of the Old City. You have to take stairs down to the level of the main floor of the church. This church... more

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Near the Roman Fortress, Cairo, Egypt