This is one of two monastery complexes in Dayr Seman, which when it was visited and photographed in 1997 was in a very good state of preservation and partially inhabited by a Kurdish family. The Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums (DGAM) later evicted them, but it may now be reinhabited.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
March 1997
Contributor
Emma Loosley
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons
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Type
Architecture
Tags
Architecture, Church, Dayr Seman, Inscription, Jebel Seman, Limestone Massif, Monastery, Pilgrimage, Qalat Seman, Syria, Syriac, Syriac Inscription
Collection
The Limestone Massif of North-Western Syria
Citation
Emma Loosley, “Dayr Seman south west monastery,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed April 20, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/163.