Baqirha

Syria / Idlib / ad-Dana / Syria
 basilica, ruins, archeological site, byzantine, historic ruins
Byzantine-era settlement on the northern side of Jebel Barisha was also a regional economic center based mainly on the export of oliveoil. Remains of two basilicas can be found: one in the east dated 546 AC, quite well preserved, and one in the west, beginning 6th century and a baptisterium from 501 AC: obviously the settlement reached its peak in the 6th century AC, like the whole region. But the temple of Zeus Bombos, overlooking the settlement up the mountain, gives a hint that Baqirha existed already centuries earlier.
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Coordinates:   36°12'22"N   36°39'34"E
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