Monuments of Syria أوابد سورية
A Window on Syria's Past by Ross Burns
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 […]
This small town contains two almost identically designed Roman temples, delicately fashioned from the local basalt stone. The south Temple stems from the Antonine period (AD 151) the second or North Temple (probably dedicated to the Nabataean deity, Theandrites) was built in AD 211–212. تضم هذه المدينة الصغيرة معبدين من العصر الروماني متطابقي التصميم تقريباً، […]
This complex — a Roman temple and remains of a large Byzantine basilica — lies west of Damascus in the eastern folds of the Anti-Lebanon Range. يضم هذا المجمع المعماري معبداً من العصر الروماني وبقايا كاتدرائية ضخمة من العصر البيزنطي، يقع غرب دمشق على السفوح الشرقية لجبل حرمون.
This curious ancient temple survives in the middle of a small town in the Hauran region of southern Syria. ما زالت هذه البلدة الصغيرة الواقعة في سهل حوران جنوب سورية، تحتفظ ببقايا معبد من العصر الروماني. Flickr site — لمزيد من الصور يمكن العودة للموقع: http://www.flickr.com/photos/monsyr/sets/72157628281544997/.
This Roman temple lies in a remote location on the edge of the Syrian Steppe at Isriya, classical Seriana. Dedicated to an as yet unidentified god, it served as a way station, still employed into the Arab period as a watering point. يقع هذا المعبد على أطراف البادية السورية في قرية أسرية حيث كان الموقع […]
