The Hanging Church gets its name from its location on top of the southern tower gate of the old Babylon fortress (in Coptic Cairo) with its nave suspended above the passage. It was probably built around 690.

The Hanging Church gets its name from its location on top of the southern tower gate of the old Babylon fortress (in Coptic Cairo) with its nave suspended above the passage. It was probably built around 690.
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