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Saint Catherine Monastery
Greek Orthodox monastery (the oldest) at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt
Details
- Instance of
- monastery
- Part of
- Saint Catherine Area
- Location
- Saint Catherine
- Located in
- South Sinai Governorate
- Country
- Egypt
- Founded by
- Justinian I
- Elevation
- 1570 m
- architectural style
- Byzantine architecture
- culture
- Byzantine Empire
- dedicated to
- Catherine of Alexandria
- depicted by
- The Saint Catherine Monastery in Sinai
- located in/on physical feature
- Sinai Peninsula
- named after
- Catherine of Alexandria
- native label
- Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης
- time of earliest written record
- 4th century
- topic's main category
- Category:Saint Catherine's Monastery
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