This church is very well preserved with the portico and a tower still extant. There is some speculation that the tower could once have been the dwelling of a hermit due to the stylite imagery on the portico and because the whole complex was constructed a short distance away from the village.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
May 1997
Contributor
Emma Loosley
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons
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Type
Architecture
Tags
Architecture, C6th, Church, Jebel Seman, Limestone Massif, Sheikh Sulaiman, Stylite, Syria, Tower
Collection
The Limestone Massif of North-Western Syria
Citation
Emma Loosley, “Sheikh Sulaiman C6th church,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed April 19, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/167.