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AswanSights

Religious, Spiritual sights in Aswan

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    Monastery of St Simeon

    The fortresslike 7th-century Monastery of St Simeon was first dedicated to the 4th-century local saint, Anba Hadra, who renounced the world on his wedding day. It was rebuilt in the 10th century and dedicated to St Simeon. From here the monks travelled into Nubia, in the hope of converting the Nubians to Christianity, until Saladin (Salah ad-Din) destroyed the monastery in 1173.

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