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  • Banganarti

  • Banganarti

    Banganarti is a small village in Sudan. It is situated 10 kilometres from Old Dongola, the capital of Makuria. The site includes the remains of a medieval Christian church. The site was originally a church dating back to the 7th century, then it was demolished and a church was built on its ruins in the 11th century AD.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Banganarti.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Banganarti
    by Albertinese, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 243 m

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    Banganarti

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2022

    church

    Churches and Monasteries

    Location

    Sudan

    Northern

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    7th Century AD

    Kingdom of Makuria

    Mixed

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    Christian Monuments

     

     

     

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