Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Fortress of Babylon

Fortress of Babylon


Fortress of Babylon is now located in Coptic Cairo and was Emperor Trajan had ordered built in the second century AD during the reign of the Roman occupation of Egypt and the restored and expanded and strengthened, the Roman Emperor Arcadius in the fourth century

I use the built stones taken from the Pharaonic temples and completed brick measured 30/20/15 cm has built up one of the towers the tribal part of it Hanging Church - also built up the tower at the entrance to the museum tribal Mar Girgis Church Romanian Orthodox Melkite The rest of the fort and the rest of the wall in some parts of the eastern and tribal and Western churches built - outstanding - and Abu sirga - and St George - and the Virgin short basil - Monastery of the Sisters of St George - and six Barbara - and the Temple of the Jews

In 641 Fortress of Babylon fell in the hands of Amr ibn al-Aas after a siege that lasted nearly seven months