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Mor Loozor Monastery

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Mor Loozor Monastery

Mor Loozor Monastery (Saint Lazarus), also Mor Semun Zayte Church, is a ruined Syriac Orthodox monastery located on the top of a hill in Mercimekli village in Midyat district of Mardin province, Turkey. It was founded in the 5th or 6th century AD.

Site Information

Country: Turkey

District: Mardin Province

Category: Churches and Monasteries

Site History: 6th Century AD

Oldest Culture: Christian

Later Cultures: Christian

Site Features: Christian Monuments

UNESCO Tentative List

Part of: Late Antique and Medieval Churches and Monasteries of Midyat and Surrounding Area (Tur ʿAbdin)

Date of Submission: 2021

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