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Edessa - citadelEdessa - citadelEdessa - citadelEdessa - citadelEdessa, Church mosaicFishponds of AbrahamUrfa man - Balıklıgöl statueUrfa man - Balıklıgöl statueKızılkoyun necropolisMilet BridgeEdessa AqueductEdessa - UrfaHamzan Tepe

Location:

  • Türkiye, Şanlıurfa
  • geo:37.121296,38.774696
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 3xx~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=29022

Annotations

Ruins if the early Christian monastery are the mountains ca. 10 km southwest of the centre of Edessa - Urfa. This monastic complex contains a mausoleum and a monastery of Mar Jacob - Saint Jacob. According inscriptions one in Greek and the other in Syriac this complec could be dated to the late IInd or IIIrd century. It is localy  known as the "Throne of Nemrut".

Sources:

  1. Hakan Eldek, ŞANLIURFA CAMİ VE KİLİSELERİ-academia.edu

Nearby

Edessa. Roman Necropolis. (2 km)

Edessa. Roman Necropolis.

Citadel of Edessa [Urfa] (2 km)

Edessa Sanli Urfa

Urfa Castle Church (2 km)

The small church, chapel, or martyr shrine. Edessa.


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