The Habib-i Neccar Mosque. Perhaps originally the Church of John the Baptist. It contains sarcophagi with the names of the prophet Jonah, John the Baptist and Simeon the Pure (Sham’on al-Safa). On a building opposite the mosque there is an inscription from the time of the Mameluke Sultan Baibars.
Location:
- Türkiye, Antakya
- geo:36.20155,36.165554
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Class:
- Temple or sanctuary
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=31551
Annotations
Nearby
The Ulu Cami
The Ulu Cami
Ampfitheater
Ampfitheater
Antioch on the Orontes, Roman Bridge
The Roman Bridge date from the Diocletian times, was destroyed in 1972 during the widening of Orontes.