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Saint Catherine's Monastery

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Original – Saint Catherine's Monastery lies on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of a gorge at the foot of Mount Sinai in the city of Saint Catherine in Egypt. The monastery is Orthodox and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Reason

A very encyclopedic image of one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world.

Articles in which this image appears

Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai

FP category for this image

Architecture

Creator

Berthold Werner

• Support as nominator --ElVeracruzano (talk) 15:44, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
• Comment - Not very big on the cacti trees at the (viewer's) right edge of the frame. In thumbnail view they look clipped. Wouldn't the photographer have been able to go about 200 metres (660 ft) to the right for better framing? Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:32, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Comment on comment: Wrong continent for cactus. Are you talking about the trees? Rmhermen (talk) 07:35, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
    • Yes. Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:45, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
• Support Agree with the nominator. JJ Harrison (talk) 10:46, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
• Support Captures the monastery well, good level of detail. --ELEKHH^T 22:04, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
• Support - Wonderful picture. Clear and very informational. Places monastery in context. Great composition! MathewTownsend (talk) 03:41, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
• Support. Jkadavoor (talk) 05:27, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
• Support as creator. Thanks to ElVeracruzano for nomination. --Berthold Werner (talk) 07:51, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
• Support Might have to visit here one day. Saffron Blaze (talk) 15:17, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
• Support--GoP_T^C_N 11:32, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Promoted File:Katharinenkloster Sinai BW 2.jpg --Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:50, 7 May 2012 (UTC)