Presumed early Christian place of worship. The oldest parts of the church building date from at least the 4th century AD. According to the tradition it is believed that St. Peter preached and laid the foundation for the Christian church of Antioch. The oldest remains of the church date to at least the 4th or 5th century; and include some fragments of floor mosaics, and scanty traces of frescoes on the right side of the altar.
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Presumed early Christian place of worship
Mitwirkende: Erstellt von Jona Lendering (2014-09-29)
, zuletzt bearbeitet von Elżbieta (2024-09-22),
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Permanente URL: https://vici.org/vici/19410
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Vorgeschlagene Zitierweise: Lendering, J.
und Elżbieta,
Antioch on the Orontes, St. Peter Church [Antakya-Saint Pierre]. https://vici.org/vici/19410, abgerufen am 2026-11-14.