The history of the St. Simeon Monastery in Aswan dates back to the 6th century A.D, and it was established in a desert area that is higher than the water level of the river, some archaeologists said that perhaps this monastery was built on the ruins of a Roman castle and inferred by the abundance of the towers in the wall surrounding the monastery.
St. Simeon Monastery in Aswan is considered one of the beautiful places that can be visited during your Aswan day tours and it`s the largest archaeological monastery in Egypt that includes rare religious landmarks. It has been discovered by the Italian archaeologist Monre de Vellard in 1925.
St. Simeon monastery was also receiving the trips of Muslim pilgrims coming from the countries of the Arab Maghreb in the past, and those passing through Egypt on their way to the Hijaz region for trade or pilgrimage to Mecca, where they were staying for a period in which they were given food and drink, names of some of these pilgrims engraved on the walls of the inner monastery This represents the summit of union between Muslims and Christians in this place.
The monastery’s only weakness was the difficulty of supplying water. In fact, during the constant sieges, this often failed because the sources were too far away. This is certainly one of the reasons why the monastery was abandoned.
You can visit St. Simeon Monastery through St Catherine’s Monastery Tours from Cairo or by Day Tour to St. Simeon Aswan Monastery through Egypt day Tours.
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