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Pictures of Travels in Syria: Damascus, Aleppo, Palmyra, Krak_des_Chevaliers, Apamea
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Apamea - Syria
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Built by Saluqos Nikator, the first king of the Seleucids in Syria in 300 B.C.. Apamea became a center of philosophy and thought. Most of the uncovered ruins in it date back to the Roman and Byzantine ages. It is distinguished for its high walls and the 2 kilometers main thoroughfare (“Cardo”) surrounded by columns with twisted fluting.
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Apamea - Syria
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: In the Christian era, Apamea became a center of philosophy and thought. Most of the uncovered ruins in it date back to the Roman and Byzantine ages. It is distinguished for its high walls and the 2 kilometers main thoroughfare (“Cardo”) surrounded by columns with twisted fluting.
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Basilica of St. Simeon - Syria
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: St. Simeon Stylites was a monk who in the 5th century chained himself in the top of a column (about 20 meters) for 38 years. His primary purpose being was to get closer to God. He preached there and offer advice to pilgrims (except women, whose entrance was forbidden,including his mother).
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Basilica of St. Simeon - Syria
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: After St. Simeon death in 459 AD the largest church at that time was built in his honour 60 km north of Aleppo. The complex is made up of a monastery, a baptistery with an adjacent church propylaea and a distinctive church or martyrion, with a Greek cross.
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Basilica of St. Simeon - Syria
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: The complex is made up of a monastery, a baptistery with an adjacent church propylaea and a distinctive church or martyrion, which consists of 4 basilicas coupled around a mid octagonal area in the form of a Greek cross.
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Basilica of St. Simeon - Syria
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: After St. Simeon death in 459 AD the largest church at that time was built in his honour. The complex is made up of a monastery, a baptistery with an adjacent church propylaea and a distinctive church or martyrion, which consists of 4 basilicas coupled around a mid octagonal area in the form of a Greek cross.
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Beehive houses - Syria
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: They are conical structures of mud whitewashed with an only door and withouth windows, which mantein a constant temperature when it is hot or it is cold. We can find them to the east of Aleppo, in the dusty plains towards Euphrates, and in the arid areas to the east of Hama, still inhabited in villages like Sarouj y Twalid Dabaghein.
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Beit Aqqad-Damascus - Syria
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Beit Aqqad, one of the ancient damascene houses and the most impressive, is occupied by the Danish Institute since 1996. It was owned by Aqqad family, rich textile merchants, in 19th century.
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