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Kalota, East Church, V cent.Kharab ShamsKharab ShamsBurj HeydarBashamra ChurchSimkharMonastery 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 pillarMonastery of St.Simeon, South facade from the exteriorMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of central courtMonastery of St.Simeon, Tomb in naveMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of pillarSaint Simeon StylitesMonastery of St.Simeon, South facade from the exteriorMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of central courtMonastery of St.Simeon, North east field from the exteriorMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of pillar with grave of Saint SimeonMonastery of St.Simeon, South facade from the exteriorMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of central courtMonastery of St.Simeon, North east field from the exteriorMonastery of St.Simeon, Seethrough inside courtMonastery of St.Simeon, South facade, decorationMonastery of St.Simeon, Curved_capitalMonastery of St.Simeon, Remains of northern nave with arch and pillar from the interiorMonastery of St.Simeon, Seethrough outsite naveMonastery of St.Simeon, South facade, decorationMonastery of St.Simeon, Curved_capital

Location:

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Burj al Qāş
  • geo:36.352417,36.936253
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 4xx / unknown

Class:

  • Rural settlement
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=24576

Annotations

Qalat Kalota stands on a hill to the west of the village of Kalota. Here Saint Maroun the founder of the Maroun confession of Lebanon, Church was built in the Vth century,

Sources:

  1. Howard Crosby Butler: Early Churches in Syria. Fourth to Seventh Centuries. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1929, pp. 55-56
  2. Emma Loosley, “Qal'at Kalota,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed October 27, 2020, http://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/172.

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Qalaat Kalota, Martyrium

VIth century martyrium.Kalat Kalota.

Kalat Kalota, West Church

Fifth century church.


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