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Barjaka

by Jim Gordon, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Barjaka

Barjaka or Burj Suleiman village is an ancient Byzantine site located 26 km northwest of Aleppo. The site has remnants of an old hermit tower and a well-preserved chapel from the 6th century. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of Ancient Villages of Northern Syria in 2011.