# Ben Ezra Synagogue

Cairo, Egypt

A medieval synagogue in Coptic Cairo, standing on an ancient site rich in legend. It became world-famous as the home of the Cairo Geniza, a vast trove of medieval Jewish documents rediscovered in the 1890s.

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Coordinates: 30.00581, 31.23097

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