Blue Desert | |
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 The Blue Desert in 2016, somewhat faded | |
  Blue Desert | |
| Coordinates: 28°38′23″N 34°33′39″E / 28.639722°N 34.560833°E | |
| Location | South Sinai,  Egypt |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14 kilometres (8.7 mi)2 |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) |
| Creator | Jean Verame |
| created in | 1980 |
The Blue Desert (also known as the Sinai Peace Junction) is an area of the Sinai Desert near Saint Catherine, where a number of rocks are painted blue.[1][2]
This piece of art was created in 1980 when, following the signing of the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty, Belgian artist Jean Verame visited Sinai to paint a line of peace. Verame gained the permission of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and received a grant of ten tons of paint from the United Nations.[3][4]
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- ^ "Sinai - Blue Desert". www.geographia.com. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ "Jean Vérame's Les Roches Bleues". GRAPHITE. 2011-07-06. Archived from the original on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ "Blue Desert". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2020-12-21.