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Deir el-Muharraq

Asyut Governorate, Egypt

The Monastery of Virgin Mary in Koskam or Deir el-Muharraq (lit.'burned monastery', ad-Dayr al-Muḥarraq), also known as the Muharraq Monastery, Virgin Mary monastery and Mount Koskam Monastery, is a monastic complex of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria in Egypt.

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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