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Surroundings:

Amida city wallsAmida -Diyarbakir - city wall

Location:

  • Türkiye, Diyarbakır
  • geo:37.908932,40.230598
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 2xx / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=23955

Annotations

Dêra Dayê Meryamayê - Süryani Kadim Meryem Ana Kilisesi was built in the third century. The church was first built as a pagan temple in the 1st century BC. The current construction dates back to the ca 280 and has been restored several times.

Sources:

  1. Dale Albert Johnson, Treasures of Tur'abdin, Luku 2014

Nearby

Amida city walls

Amida city walls, built by Justian

Amida

Amida

Siege of Amida ( AD 359 )

The Siege of Amida was a military investment of the Roman held city of Amida by the Sassanid Empire. It took place in AD 359 when the Sassanid Royal Army under Shah Shapur II invaded the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire


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