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Syrian Monastery
The Syrian Monastery, also known as the monastery of St. Mary Deipara, is a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in Wadi El Natrun, Beheira Governorate, Egypt. The monastery is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and carries her name. However, it is nowadays better known as the Syrian Monastery because it was mainly used by Syriac monks. The exact date of the monastery's foundation is unknown. Most sources seem however to agree that its foundation took place in the 6th century AD.
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 Lumen roma, GFDL or CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsElevation: -6 m
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UNESCO Tentative List
Date of Submission
2003
6th Century AD
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