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Surroundings:

Emesa, portrait of a priestessEmessa, Head of a priestess

Location:

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Homs
  • geo:34.728802,36.7243
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 432 / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=51603

Annotations

The Church of Saint Elian in Emesa was founded in 432 on the place of St. Elian'smartyrdom in 284 AD.

See:

  1. Andrew Beattie, Timothy Pepper, The Rough Guide to Syria, Rough Guides, 2001

Relevant museums

Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz

Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz


Nearby

Emesa, Saint Mary Church of the Holy Belt

Homs.

Hemesa (1 km)

OmnesViae import TPPlace513. Hims.Homs.

See von Homs (12 km)

See von Homs


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