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Baghdad Gate of Raqqa
The C8th Baghdad Gate of Raqqa was built in the Abbasid period and is the only part of the early Islamic city walls still extant, although its fate is currently unknown due to the presence of the so-called Islamic State in the city.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Abbasid, Architecture, Baghdad Gate, Brick, C8th, City gate, Raqqa, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Wall
Bahio
The C5th church at Bahio has a bema and, although overgrown had most of the west wall and a substantial part of the apse still standing. The site is surrounded by olive groves and the number of large olive presses in the late antique settlement demonstrates the antiquity of olive cultivation in the region.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Architecture, Bahio, Bema, C5th, Church, Jebel Il'Ala, Limestone Massif, Syria
Baqirha C5th church
The C5th church at Baqirha possesses a bema and has so many outbuildings that it was erronously believed to be a monastery in the past. Today most of the walls have fallen and it is difficult to make out the floorplan of the building.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Architecture, Baqirha, Bema, C5th, Church, Jebel Barisha, Limestone Massif, Syria
Baqirha C6th church
The settlement of Baqirha had two churches. The façade of the C6th church is perfectly preserved, but the rest of the church is obscured by foliage and fallen masonry. The village is on the high plateau facing the Syrian-Turkish border to the west.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Architecture, Baqirha, C6th, Church, Jebel Barisha, Limestone Massif, Syria
Barish North
The church is small and its flat east end abuts the Qalb Lozeh-Harim road. The bema is in situ, and as at Kimar has notches suggesting that a wooden structure was in place above the stone base of the bema. There are also reliquaries still in place on the altar steps. The church is very small and its unsophisticated plan and execution led Tchalenko to date it to the late C6th-early C7th.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Architecture, Barish North, Bema, C6th-C7th, Church, Jebel Il'Ala, Kimar, Limestone Massif, Syria
Basilica Cistern, Istanbul
The construction of the vast Basilica Cistern is credited to the Emperor Justinian during the first half of the 6th century AD. The cistern was constructed using the remains of ruined buildings and pagan temples, hence why there is so much variation in the columns and the capitals found in the cistern. Two large Medusa head carvings provide the bases of two columns in the cisterns' north-west corner.
Type: Architecture
Basilica of St. John, Ephesus
Remains of the 6th century AD Basilica to St. John reportedly built upon the saints' tomb and commissioned by the Emperor Justinian. Attacks on Ephesus in the 7th and 8th centuries prompted the fortification of the area immediately surrounding the Basilica The basilica has been extensively excavated and restored since the 1920's.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Basilica, Church, Ephesus, Justinian, Late Antique, Turkey
Basilica, Aspendos
Built in the 3rd century AD the substantial Basilica at Aspendos was positioned atop the acropolis plateau of the city where many of the city's other important buildings were situated.
Batir
The C5th church is relatively large with at least one large and elaborate sarcophagus still extant nearby. As at Barish North it has a flat east end, which is relatively unusual in this region. Only the south wall is extensively damaged, with the other three still quite well preserved and elements of the bema still visible in the nave.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Architecture, Barish North, Batir, Bema, C5th, Church, Jebel Il'Ala, Limestone Massif, Syria
Batuta
Batuta is on Jebel Seman and in 1997 was not connected to the road network. The church is very damaged on its northern side but the bema is still clearly visible.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Batuta, Bema, C4th, Church, Jebel Seman, Limestone Massif, Syria