Egypt-Wadi Natrun
Coptic monastery of Deir as-Suriani (monastery of the Syrians) dates from the 7th century. It is the smallest of Wadi al-Natrun but the most artistically actractive. The monastery has a narrow and elongated plan which supposedly recalls the shape of Noah's Ark. The magnificent wooden gate called "Gate of the Prophecies".
- Filename
- em2611544.jpg
- Copyright
- @ enrico martino
- Image Size
- 4256x2832 / 13.7MB
- Contained in galleries
- Nile's Delta, Egypt - the Living Stones, the Coptic monasteries

