Dair Mar Elia - Saint Elijah's Monastery - Vici.org

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Dair Mar Elia Saint Elijah's Monastery, Mosul, Iraq - the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq.

Saint Elijah's Monastery U.S. Army soldiers tour Saint Elijah's Monastery on Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 23, 2009. Saint Elijah's, a complex of buildings dating back to the 6th century, is the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq.

Saint Elijah's Monastery U.S. soldiers tour the Saint Elijah Monastery at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 21, 2009. The monastery was built between 300-500 A.D. and tours are provided by the chaplain.

Surroundings:

Walls of Nineveh

Niniveh, Palace of Sennacherib, Relief of a Phoenician ship

Sennacherib Inscription; Baltimore 41.109

Sennacherib Inscription; Baltimore 41.109

Broken Obelisk - Niniveh (Ninuva)

Gilgamesh tablet XI - Flood Tablet K.3375

Sennacherib's Annals

Sennacherib's Annals - Jerusalem Prism

Temple or sanctuary

Location:

Iraq, Mosul
geo:36.2925,43.130833
Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

5xx / unknown

Class:

Temple or sanctuary
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=22487
wikidata:entity=Q4120608

Annotations

Earlies Christian monastery of Iraq, founded ca 595 AD by Mar Elia, an Assyrian monk ,

Destroyed by IS (2015? 2016?).

See:

Nearby

Mosul Museum (5 km)

Archaeological Museum

Nineveh, Handuri Gate (6 km)

Gate

Nineveh, Assur Gate (6 km)

Gate