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Location

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Turmānīn
  • geo:36.241982,36.823051

Period or year

  • 5xx / unknown

Classification

  • temple
  • Visible

Termanin, Monastery

data access 69284

The monastery complex of Termanin (Turmanin) occupied a crest of a knoll  in a branch of a road NE of modern Turmanin village.The ruins of Deir Turmanin includes a splendid fifth century basilica (https://vici.org/vici/23973/) , in northern part some stone tombs. To the right was a pandocheion (inn for pilgrims). To the ist was a residential part of monastery.. Between it and  pandocheion was a great water basin. The most highest part of a hill occupied church. Thick wall surrounded the whole comlex. pandocheilon was lage (23x35 m) two storeys building with two storeys high peristil of monolithic piers.

Sources:

  1. Howard Crosby Butler: Early Churches in Syria. Fourth to Seventh Centuries. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1929

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  • Basilica in Turmanin, Syria
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  • Dera` Man, West Church
    Sixth century church in North Syria. Deir Amman.
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  • Dera` Man
    Deir Amman.
    Syrian Arab Republic, Tawāmah

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2020-12-19) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/69284
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Termanin, Monastery. https://vici.org/vici/69284, accessed 2026-11-08.