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  • Church of Saint Simeon Stylites

  • Church of Saint Simeon Stylites

    The Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, also Qalaat Semaan, Deir Semaan, is a historical building located northwest of Aleppo, Syria. It is the oldest surviving Byzantine church, dating back to the 5th century. The site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of Ancient Villages of Northern Syria in 2011.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Ancient Villages of Northern Syria.
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    Church of Saint Simeon Stylites
    by Bernard Gagnon, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Church of Saint Simeon Stylites
    by Bernard Gagnon, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Church of Saint Simeon Stylites
    by Bernard Gagnon, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 545 m

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    Church of Saint Simeon Stylites

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    2011

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    Churches and Monasteries

    Location

    Syria

    Aleppo

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    5th Century AD

    Byzantine

    Christian

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    Byzantine Monuments

     

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