Red Monastery

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The Red Monastery is a late antique Coptic Christian monastic complex near Akhmim in Upper Egypt, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved painted church and distinctive red-brick architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Red Monastery canonical 9

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coptic Christian monastery ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
late antique monastic complex ⓘ
architecturalStyle Coptic ⓘ
late antique ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance key monument of Coptic art ⓘ
major example of late antique church decoration in Egypt ⓘ
associatedWith Shenoute of Atripe ⓘ
White Monastery ⓘ
conservationStatus partially restored ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
currentUse active religious site ⓘ
denomination Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
floorPlanType basilican church ⓘ
foundedInPeriod early 5th century ⓘ
late 4th century ⓘ
hasApse yes ⓘ
hasColorScheme rich polychromy ⓘ
hasFunction monastic community ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
hasPart church ⓘ
enclosure walls ⓘ
monastic cells ⓘ
hasTriconchSanctuary yes ⓘ
heritage late antique Christian monasticism ⓘ
iconography Christian biblical scenes ⓘ
architectural ornamentation ⓘ
saints and angels ⓘ
locatedIn Sohag Governorate ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedNear Akhmim ⓘ
materialUsed red brick ⓘ
monasticTradition Shenoutean federation ⓘ
nearbyCity Sohag ⓘ
notableFeature painted nave ⓘ
painted sanctuary ⓘ
notableFor distinctive red-brick architecture ⓘ
polychrome wall paintings ⓘ
well-preserved painted church ⓘ
orientation east–west ⓘ
paintingTechnique fresco-like wall painting ⓘ
secco painting ⓘ
region Thebaid ⓘ
religion Coptic Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
usedFor communal worship ⓘ
monastic liturgy ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akhmim → hasNearbySite → Red Monastery ⓘ
White Monastery → nearbyMonastery → Red Monastery ⓘ
Spiš → contains → Red Monastery ⓘ
Červený Kláštor → nameMeaning → Red Monastery ⓘ
Coptic period → associatedWith → Red Monastery ⓘ
Deir el-Abiad → nearbySite → Red Monastery ⓘ
Coptic Egypt → hasImportantMonastery → Red Monastery ⓘ