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  • Sanctuary of Agios Lot

  • Sanctuary of Agios Lot

    The Sanctuary of Agios Lot is located to the southeast of the Dead Sea overlooking the modern town of Safi in Jordan. It is a Byzantine era (5th - 7th Centuries AD) monastic site that consists of a basilical church erected at the entrance to a natural cave.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, The Sanctuary of Agios Lot, At Deir ’Ain ’Abata.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Sanctuary of Agios Lot
    by Ana al’ain, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Sanctuary of Agios Lot
    by Happa, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Sanctuary of Agios Lot
    by Ana al’ain, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: -255 m

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    Sanctuary of Agios Lot

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2001

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    Churches and Monasteries

    Location

    Jordan

    Karak

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    6th Century AD

    Byzantine

    Byzantine

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    Byzantine Monuments

     

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