- Monastery of Saint Pishoy
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Monastery of Saint Pishoy
Monastery of Saint Pishoy is a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in Wadi El Natrun, Beheira Governorate, Egypt. It was founded by Saint Pishoy (Bishoy) in in the 4th century AD. The monastery has five churches and is surrounded by a wall, which was built in the 5th century to protect the monastery against the attacks by Berbers.
The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, The monasteries of the Arab Desert and Wadi Natrun.by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia CommonsElevation: -10 m
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UNESCO Tentative List
Date of Submission
2003
4th Century AD
Christian
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