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  • Saint Barbara Church, Cairo

  • Saint Barbara Church, Cairo

    Saint Barbara Church is a historic Coptic Orthodox church located in the Babylon Fortress area in Cairo, Egypt. The church was originally founded in the 5th century AD, and then was rebuilt several times, most importantly at the end of the 11th century. The church was damaged in later ages and then completely restored at the beginning of the 20th century.
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    Saint Barbara Church, Cairo
    by Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Saint Barbara Church, Cairo
    by Sailko, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Saint Barbara Church, Cairo
    by Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Saint Barbara Church, Cairo

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    Egypt

    Cairo

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    11th Century AD

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