Old Cairo Churches and Historic Religious Sites
Visit the old churches, Coptic monasteries, Amr ibn al-As Mosque, and the Ben Ezra Synagogue with your tour guide in Old Cairo, the oldest district in the Egyptian capital.
The Ben Ezra Synagogue, located in central Cairo, was built by the chief rabbi in Jerusalem, Abraham Ben Ezra, in the late 9th century within the walls of the Fortress of Babylon, as Old Cairo was known in ancient times.
The Mosque of Amr was initially built in 642 AD as the center of Egypt's newly founded capital, Fustat. The original structure was the first mosque ever built in Egypt and, by extension, the first mosque on the continent of Africa.
The Hanging Church (El Muallaqa) is one of the oldest churches in Egypt, and the history of a church on this site dates back to the 3rd century AD. It is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Old Cairo, and its nave is suspended over a passage.
