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Egypt Travel - Sinai, St Catherine's Monastery
- English
URL: http://interoz.com/egypt/Catherines.htm
Located at the foot of Mount Moses, St. Catherine's Monastery, was constructed by order of the
Emperor Justinian between 527 and 565. Is built around what is thought to be Moses' Burning
Bush, which has a chapel built atop it. It is a spectacular natural setting for priceless works of art,
including Arab mosaics, Greek and Russian icons, Western oil paintings, paintings on wax, fine
sacerdotal ornaments, marbles, enamels, chalices, reliquaries, including one donated by Czar
Alexander II in the 19th century, and another by Empress Catherine of Russia in the 17th
century. [ eng ] |

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