Old Cairo

These are mostly various street scenes of part of the old city. What impressed me is the presense of Coptic, and Greek Orthodox churches, synagogue and mosques all together. The churches are covered in following posts. Ben Ezra synagogue doesn't allow photos, but can be found online. They say that they have the basket Moses was found in preserved in the center of the sanctuary. The last picture is the 1st mosque in Africa. It was closed for a funeral when I was there.Leia mais