Monuments of Syria أوابد سورية
A Window on Syria's Past by Ross Burns
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Tartus is Syria’s second major port city. Remains of the medieval fortress of Tortosa, the headquarters of the Knights Templar, lie within the modern city, slowly being released from the clutter of the once-sleepy port town. The visit as described in ‘Monuments of Syria’ (I B Tauris, London 2009) pages 290–294 begins at the city’s […]
A visit to Ugarit can be a frustrating experience given the fragmentary state of much of the ruins and the frequent need to cope with overgrown vegetation. However, even a quick visit can give an impression of this important city of the Middle and Late Bronze Age which played such an important role in Mediterranean […]
This small town on the eastern fringe of the Anti-Lebanon Range 80 kms north of Damascus is notable mainly for the remains of a Roman temple to Jupiter Iabrudis incorporated into the Byzantine church of Constantine and Helena. Emperor Constantine first legalised Christianity. His mother, Helena, followed up with the promotion of pilgrimage to the […]
Zalebiye, Byzantine fortress, a set on Flickr. This Byzantine fortress (ancient name Basileia) is a companion to its larger counterpart two kilometres upstream on the Euphrates River. While the western walls have been washed away by changes in the river course, much of the eastern side of the enclosure remains, along with some of the […]
A rather remote ancient settlement lying west of Jebel Sheikh Barakat, the ruins include the remains of a tower originally connected by a colonnade to a sixth century church, possibly forming a monastic complex. I am indebted to Daniel Demeter (Syria Photo Guide website) for images two to four in the following gallery. مستوطنة بعيدة […]
