EGYPT LANDMARKS: Babylon Fortress

Babylon Fortress

1:46 PM | Posted by Mostafa Gad

Fortress of Babylon is now in the Coptic Cairo station at the Mar Girgis metro tunnels and was the emperor Trajan ordered built in the second century AD during the reign of the Roman occupation of Egypt and the repaired and expanded and strengthened, the Roman emperor Arcadius in the fourth century saw the mark as Coptic thick disco Pasha. Castle Trajan and these are not mentioned by the ancient fortress of Isterabu and the location to the south from the palace of wax near Deir Papillon year. Note that I use in building stones taken from the pharaonic temples and completed the red brick measured 30/20/15 cm was left of the buildings of the fort, only the southern gate flanked by two large Brhan - was built over one tower from the tribal Hanging Church - also built on top of the tower at the entrance Tribal Museum St. George's Church of the Roman Romanian Orthodox (Melkite) while the rest of the fort, and on the rest of the fence in some parts of the east, and tribal and Western churches were built - outstanding - and Abu Srjp - and St George - and the Virgin coercive Reehan - the Monastery of the Sisters of St George - Barbara and six - and the Temple of the Jews 641 m fell fortress of Babylon in the hands of Amr ibn al-Aas after a siege that lasted nearly seven months 18 Rabi 20 e and the fall marked the entry of Islam in Egypt. Select Ibn Al dessert is a place of strategic military site north of Fort Babylon and established the city of Fustat over several hills hope Mokattam Herquaokhalafh fluent in the dessert which the Arabs hit-and-run war and the west Nile and Ford pond to the south and turkeys are Maanaan normal. Built by Amr Ibn Al-Fustat city fortress city and the fortress city of Babylon to be recruited for the Arabs. Hosn Palace, known as the Roman fortress of Babylon or wax and covers an area about half of a square kilometer and is located inside the Coptic Museum and six Coptic churches and a monastery. Palace to name the wax on this fort also because in the first of each month Stokes was wax on one turret of the fort that shows the sun and teaches people-powered movement of the sun the wax from the tower to another.

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