Faras Gallery of the National Museum in Warsaw, Nubian art gallery at National Museum in Warsaw, Poland
The Faras Gallery exhibits over 60 medieval wall paintings created with tempera on plaster, depicting religious figures from the Nile River Valley region.
Professor Kazimierz Michałowski recovered these artworks during the UNESCO Nubian Campaign of 1961-1964, rescuing them from the rising waters of Lake Nasser.
The paintings reveal the influence of Constantinople missionaries on Nobadian rulers, who converted to Christianity and built their first cathedral in the 7th century.
The gallery includes a scale model of the original cathedral, multimedia presentations, and detailed information about the excavation process in multiple languages.
Visitors can examine numerous epitaphs of local clergymen and ceramic pottery produced in Faras workshops between the 8th and 14th centuries.
Location: Warsaw
Inception: 1972
Part of: National Museum in Warsaw
Address: Aleje Jerozolimskie 3 00-495 00-495
Website: http://mnw.art.pl/kolekcje/galer/galeria-faras
GPS coordinates: 52.23167,21.02472
Latest update: April 6, 2025 03:58
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