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  • Ma’loula

  • Ma’loula

    Ma'loula, Ma'loula, is a town in the Rif Dimashq Governorate in Syria. There are two important monasteries in Ma'loula: the Eastern Catholic Mar Sarkis and Greek Orthodox Mar Thecla, which are both dating back to early Christianity era.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Maaloula.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Ma’loula
    by Heretiq, GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Ma’loula
    by Gianfranco Gazzetti / GAR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Ma’loula
    by Effi Schweize, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 1451 m

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    Ma’loula

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    1999

    city

    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Syria

    Rif Dimashq

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    First Millennium BC

    Aramean

    Byzantine + Christian

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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