Monastery of the Archangel Gabriel at Naqlun, Fayum

#3 among attractions in Fayum

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The monastery of the Archangel Gabriel at Naqlun – a Coptic monastery of the Archangel Gabriel located in northern Egypt, in the Faiyum Oasis, 16 km south-east of the city of Faiyum in the Libyan Desert. Since 1986, it is investigated by a team of researchers from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw, headed by Prof. Włodzimierz Godlewski. In 1997, the Church of St. Gabriel was restored. ()

Coordinates: 29°11'40"N, 30°52'40"E

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Monastery of the Archangel Gabriel at Naqlun – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hawara, El Lahun, Bahr Yussef.

5.7 miN
Archaeological site
Hawara, Fayum
145 min walk • Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis at the entrance to the depression of the Fayyum oasis. It is the site of a pyramid built by the Pharaoh Amenemhat III in the 19th century BC.
5.9 miNE
Village, Archaeological site
El Lahun
150 min walk • Like the other Twelfth Dynasty pyramids in the Faiyum, the Pyramid of Lahun is made of mudbrick, but here the core of the pyramid consists of a network of stone walls that were infilled by mudbrick. This approach was probably intended to ensure the stability of the brick structure.
4 miNE
Canal
Bahr Yussef
103 min walk • The Bahr Yussef is a canal which connects the Nile River with Fayyum in Egypt. In ancient times it was called Tomis by the Greeks which was derived from its Egyptian name Tm.t "ending canal" and was still in use after the Arab conquest, translated into Arabic as al-Manhi.

Monastery of the Archangel Gabriel at Naqlun, Fayum

Facts and practical information

Monastery of the Archangel Gabriel at Naqlun – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Hawara, Fayum

El Lahun

Bahr Yussef