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Surroundings:

zbırak, Mor Dimet Church

Location:

  • Türkiye, Anıtlı
  • geo:37.476482,41.610081
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 5xx / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=97400

Annotations

Hah - Anitli, is 87 km from Mardin city center. Anıtlı/Hah Village is one of the oldest religious centers of the Tur Abdin region. There are two unique structures in the Tur Abdin region, Mor Sobo Cathedral and the Virgin Mary Church which dates to the sixth century and destroyed during Tamerlane's invasion. According to tradition church built to commemorate the thevisit of  Three Kings passing through Hah on their way to the newborn Jesus.

See:

  1. Terry Richardson: Jewel of the ‘Mountain of the Servants of God’: Hah’s Church of the Virgin Mary, http://web.archive.org/web/20150410035122/http://www.todayszaman.com/travel_jewel-of-the-mountain-of-the-servants-of-god-hahs-church-of-the-virgin-mary_155120.html

Nearby

Hah - Anitli

Sixth century church of Our Lady (Meryemana). Anıtlı (Hah) Meryem Ana Manastırı, Midyat.

İzbırak, Mor Dimet Church [Zaz] (7 km)

Mor Dimet Kilisesi. Mor Dimet church and monastery. İzbırak - Zāz

İzozoel Church at Altıntaş (Keferze) (8 km)

İzozoel Kilise / Mor Azazael Church. Mor Azozo. Mor Azozoyel.


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