Faras Cathedral
church · 640 AD – 1453 AD
The cathedral in Faras, founded in 620 and rebuilt in the 8th and 10th centuries, respectively, was the seat of the Diocese of Faras. The site had well-preserved wall paintings from the 8th to 9th centuries. The cathedral was flooded by the creation of Lake Nasser in the 1960s.
- Coordinates
- 22.18167, 31.49694
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)