City of Saint Catherine
The city of Saint Katherine's most intimate and distinctive cities Sinai ... It is the highest inhabited places in Sinai where lies the plateau rises 1,600 m above sea level. Surrounded by a high mountain in the Sinai and Egypt are all ... And top mount Catherine, Mount Musa and Jebel alsevsafh and others.
This make her a distinct atmosphere also ... It is mild in summer, icy winter ... Giving her beautiful especially when snow mountain peaks adorns ... The region was declared a natural reserve. Historically ...Is a region of great importance. . And added to another religious historical civilization when constructed by the monastery now known as St. Catherine's monastery in the 6th century a.d.. It is still the greatest Christian monuments in Egypt and the world. This excellence in location and climate ... In history, geography ... Reflected in the present Saint Katherine which is a special tourist zone. And agricultural area due to groundwater sources.
Saint Katherine is located in the heart of South Sinai 300 kilometers from the Suez Canal. And 5130 square km. The city is famous for religious tourism and Safari tourism and mountaineering. The monastery of St. Catherine, Mount Musa and Prophet Harun and other religious monuments. As with many major tourist projects. Largest nature reserve in the Arab Republic of Egypt in terms of area.
Religious tourism:
Religious tourism is at the forefront of tourism of the city and the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine of the tourist eager for religious tourism and was built in the 6th century AD.
St. Catherine's monastery in the world's oldest monastery in the Sacred Valley (long)
His writing "your Holy Valley nalik you long time"
Sacred Valley is the holiest spot on long, stated more than once in the Quran is sanctity and ousting alnaline had closed for the sanctity of the place and the proximity of the manifestation of God to Moses, and long Valley located near the city of Saint Catherine in South Sinai governorate of Egypt.
In the Sinai Peninsula and the mount (Sharia) or Jebel Musa-mountain km God has Moses peace be upon him – is one of the most famous Christian monasteries in the world; the Sinai monastery being known as "Saint Catherine", full of thousands of visitors annually, and the Registrar in the World Heritage list by UNESCO in 2002,
The story begins monastery of Saint Katherine since the Byzantine era where Moses was Mt. or so-called burning Bush Valley targeted by the Byzantine Empire lasted a long time, the Empress "Helena" or Emperor Constantine ordered the construction of a chapel and Tower at Jabal Musa, in the fourth century AD, named after the Church burning Bush.
Then came the Emperor Justinian in the 6th century AD, and specifically in the same region to build dir to commemorate his wife "Theodora" from 584 m to 565 m and this monastery called "name" and developed the Sinai monastery is the emperor to join the Church of the monastery as aleika to one of the churches of the monastery, and by the 9th century ad changes old name of the monastery and make his name "St. Katherine's monastery" St. Katherine, who lived in Alexandria under Roman Emperor "Maxima news" 305-311 a.d. has embraced Katherine. Katherine for that tortured and killed, and five centuries later, she finds one of the monks in the Sinai revelation, Angels carried her body remains on top of a mountain and placed near the monastery, it ascended to friars mount nerve remains the body then they moved to a church Monastery and Church "presentation" to get to the monastery since that time the monastery of St. Katherine ".
And was the direct cause of the monastery is in response to the appeal of Justinian resident monks and holy mountain church aleika built a large monastery meeting, but Justinian was behind several targets construction, including securing the eastern border of the Empire against the dangers of the Persians, and secure communication routes between Egypt and Palestine, a military Fort-like monastery, also work to spread the Katherine religion, a religious aspect.
When entering the Church adheres to all Western tourists and other modesty in dress and loose dresses worn by available there wanting people before entering it. The only entrance to the monastery is a small door at the height of 30 feet, monk explains, "that was designed to protect the monastery from strangers and intruders".
The Monastery represents a piece of art historical multiplayer, mosaic Russian, Greek, Arab, icons and mural paintings, pattern on wax and others.
Monastery in hanaiah includes
And St. Katherine monastery library is one of the most important shrines of visitors visited the Abbey both tourists and interested scholars of manuscripts and rare old books, it contains six thousand manuscript, including 600 manuscript in Arabic, Greek, Armenian and Ethiopic manuscripts and the Coptic walsorianet, religious manuscripts and historical, geographical and philosophical, the oldest dating to the 4th century AD, the library also includes a number of alvermanat issued From Muslim Caliphs for the people of the book, and one of the most important manuscripts of the monastery, mkhtotan discharged him in certain historical circumstances, one saved in the British Museum and one in Turkey.
The first manuscript: a Greek manuscript of the Bible known (known sinatikos) written by "asibos", Bishop of Caesarea maritima in 331 m has discovered in the monastery "chindrov 1869 m and presented to Caesar Russia Alexander II, who bought the monastery to 8,000 francs and printed copies thereof given to the monastery and the parent has remained until 1923 even sold by the Russian Government for the British Museum for £ 100,000 Sterling ".
The second manuscript: Covenant Prophet who gave the Prophet (PBUH) according to the teachings of Islam as Katherine era were shielded by security to their lives and their money weknsaehm, Sultan Selim I took the original while entering Egypt 1517 m, carrying the Astana left for monks the monastery is supported by this Covenant.
Burning Bush
Featuring monastery containing rare plant called "BlackBerry" grows only in St.
Katherine's monastery and has a special place amongKatherine
and Jews, and that grows and produces his secret lies in khadarh, and
cypress many labels, including BlackBerry plant or sacred tree or
burning Bush tree, called balalikh inflammatory relative to the place
where the Prophet Moses felt Fire in a story reported by the Quran.The only entrance to the monastery was a small door 30 feet high, was designed to protect the monastery from strangers and intruders, where people raise and give system-driven fund winches and pulleys. Now there is a small section at the bottom wall of the monastery.
It should be noted that there is a small mosque, one of Egypt's Fatimid rulers built inside the monastery to protect the monastery from the attacks to the monastery from time to time, and especially of orientalist travelers interpret it as a form of Islamic domination in that time, Napoleon Bonaparte during the French campaign on Egypt to strengthen the wall. From 40-200-ft., talita and erected defences after complaints the monks of the monastery for some attacks.
Saladin
Citadel of Cairo, Egypt. Built by Saladin from 1176 until 1183, using
prisoners of Norman. Added Mohammed on his mosque. The long-ruling Egypt
Saladin (1183) to Ismail Pasha moved to Abdeen Palace mansion, built
for this purpose in 1860. Saladin Castle located in the Castle
District-successor-was established on a separate spring on mokattam on
the outskirts of Cairo.
The
Castle has since locating by Saladin in the Mamluk State Ayubi State,
and under Ottoman Governors then in upper dynasty, and lasted to Ismail
Pasha era where Al-Abdin Palace was taken to the King. The great
Muhammad Ali, head of the family and the founder of modern upper Egypt,
after repairing the walls of the Castle, and in establishing limitations
and its Government schools wedwaoin, crowned his this creates great his
mosque overlooking the city of Cairo and bkobabh mazina walso'dd pride
symbol. In its year of 1246 Ah = 1830 on the ruins of ancient buildings
leaving Mamluk buildings and was spectacular in year 1265 Hijri = 1848,
during the reign of Abbas Pasha I was nkoshh weskharfh. This mosque was
built along the lines of the Ottoman mosques built in Istanbul, layout
block length format box 41 metres, covered in large diameter Center dome
21 metres and a height of 52 metres high mounted four decades anchored
on four massive shoulders, on these four half dome, each kebap half dome
covering the four corners of the mosque, except kebap small half dome
Other cover sleeve of side emerged the Qiblah of the mosque. And coats
the walls of the home and four shoulder-high 11 meters layette marble
topped with colorful patterns and sweetens domes and fairly prominent
patterned dome decorations and creed. In the West of the mosque is
converted to bench amount and decades of marble columns and domes was
taken from drabzinha wedrabzinat albrins busy corridors. In the western
corner is the tomb of Muhammad from tribal to large marble topped with
combination of mdkok and beautiful decorations, writings and surrounded
by limited from a Badie albrins busy, ordered its Abbas Pasha I.
Diamond
Palace, one of the deficiencies in the Citadel of Saladin in the mosque
of Muhammad Ali or Mohammed Ali Citadel has moved to the Palace Museum,
built mainly to house the wife of Muhammad Ali Pasha.
War
Museum in Egypt was established 1937 old Defense Ministry building in
astronomical Street in Cairo. Go to a temporary building in Garden City,
1938 and was moved and officially opened as Castle Palace campus in
November 1949, refurbished and reopened on 26/7/1982, developed jointly
with the Antiquities Authority and inaugurated on 26/4/1988 was
developed in conjunction with the Democratic Republic of Korea in 1990
and was opened by President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, 29/11/93.
Police
Museum, located in Cairo's Citadel with military museum, the Police
Museum contains many ancient Egyptian security services acquisitions and
newly as well as tools used in police stations and para konat clothes
police and some pictures celebrity alzbat and criminals including photos
RIA and knife and font, etc. ...
Either
a school and mosque of Nasir qala'un know b (school Nasiriyah) Muizz
Street in location between King Dome qalawun mosque plum started created
King kitbugha Mansuri year 695 Hijri/1295 m when the King of Egypt
after ousting Nasser qala'un year 694 Hijri/1294 m, construction began
to level literature phenomenon.
And
then happened to depose King just before she completes her, assuming
Nasser qala'un, Mohamed Nasir returned to Queen of the year 698
Hijri/1299 m is a completion year was built in 1304 703 Hijri/Greg and
attributed. This mosque was constructed on the school system with
perpendicular layout, it is an open Bowl surrounded by four iwanat there
are now two: Qibla Iwan walioan alioanan corresponding, as the other
two were vandalized, and replaced by some new buildings.
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magic and beauty of nature Al - Qanatir Al - Khayreyah
include flight milestones khariyah under Muhammad Ali Pasha and the
region of particular beauty and green parks and the island of barley
and arches of bridges of Damietta Nile branch and Rashid.
Al - Qanatir Al - Khayreyah
exist in one of the governorates of Qaliubiya, Qaliubiya on Delta
Egypt Cairo about 22 km, distance from the provinces of monofyia
approximately 61 kleua market m.. Started
thinking about construction of irrigation water to be booked annually
three water distribution established branches throughout Egypt and
Delta are compromise-wind almonoufy wind-wind Lake was laid in April
1843, during the reign of Muhammad Ali Pasha to Egypt at that time was
opening khariyah 30 Aug 1868 built when Egypt Delta Summit At Damietta and Rosetta branches ...And
was operated manually, but it was a bug in some eyes khariyah 1867 due
to water pressure, Ismail Pasha sent his to avoid triggering this
imbalance and the other was the arcade building of arches of old new
interview and electric ...
A
technical marvel Ali arches and antique are open type dam and started
thinking about it as irrigation water annually through booking before
qanater established branches (compromise-almonoufy-Lake) and connected
to all the territory of the Delta has been laying the foundation stone
in April 1843, during the reign of Muhammad Ali Pasha to Egypt and the
barrage was opened on August 30, 1868 and built Arches at the top of Delta square-22 km from Cairo at the Nile to Damietta branch forking and Rashid:
Damietta branch-arches:
It consists of 71 20 closed slot slot number 49 slot of water five meters width and the number 2 slot-width 5.5 meters high and there is one lock with dimensions 12 x 8.65 meters either way over the barrage is 8.65 meters.
It consists of 71 20 closed slot slot number 49 slot of water five meters width and the number 2 slot-width 5.5 meters high and there is one lock with dimensions 12 x 8.65 meters either way over the barrage is 8.65 meters.
-Rashid branch bridges:
It consists of 61 which slot slot display each 59 5 m and two displays each 5.5 metre and number 2 lock dimensions 12 x 8.65 meters as the overall width of the road above the arches of 8.65 meters.
Established during the reign of Muhammad Ali Pasha 1847 after thought
Muhammad Ali in a barrage of irrigation and agriculture, especially
cotton quality Egyptian abilities and strength worldwide started
building mhalg to promote Egyptian cotton industry.
Island marine barley
One of the Islands and by some khariyah important places such as fisheries research station, poultry research station, a training center for leaders and Ministry of agriculture horticultural research station army officers Club and the rest of the judges ' Club President and other important installations that are part of history.
One of the Islands and by some khariyah important places such as fisheries research station, poultry research station, a training center for leaders and Ministry of agriculture horticultural research station army officers Club and the rest of the judges ' Club President and other important installations that are part of history.
Decides to develop barley island on the Nile branch khariyah and converted for tourist area within the global plan for the advancement of the city and put on Egypt's tourism calendar.
