Monastery
Red Monastery (Deir al-Ahmar)
الدير الأحمر
Upper Egypt · 5th century CE onward; still active
Sister house of the White Monastery federation at Sohag. Its church keeps celebrated painted decoration from the sixth to ninth centuries, restored in a major conservation project — a vivid witness to Coptic art.
- Coords:
- 26.584°, 31.716°