Cairo Sights

Church of St Simeon the Tanner

#86 of 408 things to do in Cairo

#1083 of 7381 things to do in Africa

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  • Address
    • Manshiyet Nasr
  • Phone
    • 2512 3666

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Lonely Planet review for Church of St Simeon the Tanner

The Church of St Simeon the Tanner, on a ridge above ‘Garbage City’, is just a part of a whole complex carved into the cliffs. It seats 5000 (that the buses carrying worshippers fit through the lanes below is a miracle in itself) and is ringed with biblical scenes carved into the rock. Look over the ridge and you can see the whole sprawling city; look down, and you see real, live pigs rooting around the zabbaleen backyards, recycling the edible trash.

 

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