After 16 years, Egypt has completed the restoration of a famous Cairo landmark ”” the St. Virgin Mary’s Coptic Church, also known as the Hanging Church.
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and the country’s Coptic Christian pope, Tawadros II, attended the Saturday’s ceremony marking the end of the $5.4 million restoration project.
I visited this church in Old Cairo. It is called the Hanging Church because it’s built over a Roman foundation. There’s a place where a gap allows a view of the Roman structure and the Nile waters below. Lovely church.
Yup, I’ve been there too. Hard to believe how long ago it was though…