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Ancient South Sinai city of Saint Catherine to get facelift Egypt has begun implementing the first phase of a project to develop the city of Saint Catherine in South Sinai and promote tourism in the area.
A picture taken on April 16, 2017, shows a general view of the Monastery of St. Catherine in Egypt s South Sinai.
April 10, 2021
Egypt is gearing up for the implementation of the first phase of the Greater Transfiguration Project to develop the famous ancient city of Saint Catherine in South Sinai.
During a March 30 meeting to follow up on the necessary preparations to start the implementation, Minister of Housing Assem el-Gazzar explained that the various projects to be implemented in the city have been designed to promote tourism there.
CAIRO: Egypt is to begin implementing a spiritual shrine project in the Sinai Peninsula.
The Greater Transfiguration Project will develop the Monastery of Saint Catherine, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List, in cooperation with stakeholders in the region.
The city of Saint Catherine is located in South Sinai amid a mountain range, the most famous of which is Jabal Mousa as well as Mount Catherine, and the Monastery of Saint Catherine is one of the oldest in the world.
Egyptian Housing Minister Assem El-Gazzar instructed officials to quickly implement the project, saying the project s site was unique and that the country’s political leadership was following the project’s implementation.