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Monastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the burial chapel for monks, entranceMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the burial chapel for monks entranceMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the burial chapel for monks, from the interior with entrance cryptMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the burial chapel for monks from the interiorMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the baptistery from the exteriorMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the baptistery from the exteriorMonastery of St.Simeon, Close-up of pool of baptistery with mosaicMonastery of St.Simeon, Close-up of mosaic in pool of baptisteryMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the baptistery from the interiorMonastery of St.Simeon, Window of baptisteryMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the baptistery from the interior with poolMonastery of St.Simeon, Window of baptistery, detail with decorationMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the baptistery from the exteriorMonastery of St.Simeon, Window of baptistery, detail with decorationMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the baptistery from the exteriorMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the baptistery from the exteriorMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the baptistery from the exteriorMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the baptistery from the exteriorBaptisterium at the Saint Simeon StylitesMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the monastery south site from the exteriorMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the monastery south site from the exteriorMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of the monastery south site from the exteriorMonastery of St.Simeon, Decoration between two archesMonastery of St.Simeon, Decoration between two archesMonastery of St.Simeon, Decoration between two archesBurj HeydarSimkharKharab ShamsKharab Shams

Location:

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Qal‘at Sim‘ān
  • geo:36.334023,36.844273
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 5xx /

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Church of Saint Simeon Stylites erected in the sixth century, was the popular pilgrim destination in the sixth century. It consists of four three-aisled basilicas converging on the saint’s pillar.

See:

  1. Howard Crosby Butler: Early Churches in Syria. Fourth to Seventh Centuries. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1929
  2. P. Canivet, Le monachisme syrien selon Théodoret de Cyr , in: Théologie historique 42; 1977
  3. David Frankfurter, Stylites and Phallobatēs: Pillar Religions in Late Antique Syria, Vigiliae Christianae 44/2 , 1990, 168–98.
  4. http://www.sacred-destinations.com/syria/st-simeon-church
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Simeon_Stylites

Nearby

Tomb of Saint Simeon

Tomb of Saint Simeon

Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Baptisterium

The Baptistery at the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites.

Saint Simeon Complex, Entrance gate

Saint Simeon Complex, Entrance gate


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