 Syrian monastery in Wādī en-Naṭrūn | ||
| Wādī en-Naṭrūn · وادي النطرون | ||
| Governorate | Buḥeira | |
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The Wadi en Natrun (also Wadi Natrun, Wadi el-Natrun, Wadi 'n-Natrun, Ouadi el-Natroun, Satrontal, Sketis or Sketic desert, Arabic:وادي النطرون, Wādī an-Naṭrūn, „Satrontal"), also Valley of the Monasteries called, lies in Egypt, at the edge of Western desert and des Nile deltas, about halfway on the motorway between Cairo and Alexandria. Administratively, the Natrontal belongs to the governorate el-Buḥeira. Today there are four inhabited monasteries here as well as numerous monastery ruins. It is said that there were once around 50 monasteries here.
Monasteries
The monasteries are listed in the order from northwest to southeast:
- 1 Deir el-Barāmūs (Monastery of Borrhomaios)
- 2 Deir es-Suryān (Syrian monastery)
- 3 Deir el-Anbā Bīshoi (Monastery of St. Pischoi)
- 4 Deir el-Anbā Maqqār (Monastery of St. Makarios)
Other goals
- city 1 Wādī en-Naṭrūn
background
Surname
There are several ancient names for the modern name Wādī en-Naṭrūn. The Greeks named the area Sketis (Σκετις or Σκετες), What the asceticism means and indicates its function as a place of residence and work of early monks. In Coptic the area is called Ϣ ⲓ ϩ ⲏⲧ, Schihēt, "Extent of hearts". Other names are also Sketic desert or Nitrian desert.
history
The local salty lakes were used for the production of sodium salt (sodium bicarbonate) as early as the Pharaonic times. The salt was used to mummify corpses.
Monks have settled here since the 4th century AD, and Wādī en-Naṭrūn is now one of the holiest sites for Coptic Christians in Egypt.
getting there
In the street
The journey can be from Cairo or Alexandria from the M75 motorway, which connects the two cities, by taxi or by bus and taxi. About halfway (after 110 km), you can see it 1 Job(30 ° 23 '46 "N.30 ° 22 '23 "E) At the petrol station on the east side of the motorway, leave the motorway in a westerly direction. From here you can reach the monasteries Deir el-Barāmūs, Deir es-Suryān and Deir el-Anbā Bīshoi. From this junction you can get to one about 25 km away in a southerly direction 2 Branch(30 ° 19 '58 "N.30 ° 30 '14 "E) to the Deir el-Anbā Maqqār.
Tourist Attractions
activities
kitchen
accommodation
In the area of the junction from the motorway Cairo-Alexandria There are two simple hotels in Wādī en-Natrūn:
- 1 Rest House Hotel, 106 Km Cairo-Alexandria Road, Wadi El Natroun. Tel.: 20 (0)45 355 0999, Fax: 20 (0)45 355 0422. 1-star hotel with 11 twin rooms.(30 ° 23 '43 "N.30 ° 22 ′ 22 ″ E)
- Sahary Inn motels, 111 Km Cairo-Alexandria Road, Wadi El Natroun. Tel.: 20 (0)45 355 0880, Fax: 20 (0)45 355 0880. 2-star hotel with 22 double rooms.
- 2 Green Desert Hotel (جرين ديزرت), 84 Km Cairo-Alexandria Desert Rd, Beni Salama (south of Sadat City). Tel.: 20 (0)40 8912 1978, Mobile: 20 (0)120 057 7280, Email: [email protected]. 4-star hotel with two pools, restaurant breakfast buffet, air conditioning, WiFi, fitness studio, airport shuttle.Price: LE 696.(30 ° 18 '14 "N.30 ° 34 '2 "E)
literature
- : The Monasteries of the Wadi ’n Natrûn. new York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1926, Publications of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Egyptian Expedition; 2, 7, 8. 3 volumes.
- : Les peintures des couvents Ouadi Natroun. Le Caire: Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 1982, La peinture murale chez les coptes; 2.
