Once you enter the area of Mokattam Mountain and get close to the Abagya area, your eyes will lead to one of the rarest architectural artifacts carved in the heart of Mokattam Mountain, The Tanner Monastery, one of the creative signs of the mountain. The high mountain blend in with the distinctive architecture in which St Simon the Tanner Monastery was built, and has become a world-visit site by large numbers of tourists around the world.
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