Abu Mena

Cultural
Abu Mena
Photo: Einsamer Schütze / CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Country Egypt
Year inscribed1979
Criteria(iv)

Overview

The church, baptistry, basilicas, public buildings, streets, monasteries, houses and workshops in this early Christian holy city were built over the tomb of the martyr Menas of Alexandria, who died in A.D. 296.

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Source: UNESCO World Heritage List — CC BY-SA 4.0