Apamee Cham Palace
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A Battling Stopover Before Leaving Syria
A stopover for a night enroute to Aleppo to our respective destinations.
The hostel was situated across the road from a government building. It was Friday!
I spent the afternoon peering through the blinds from various rooms around the hostel watching the many armed men, some in police uniform, some in army and some plain clothed, securing the area around ...
Apamea (Afamia)
... de Al-Ghab vallei (die Syrië’s meest vruchtbare landbouwgebied schijnt te zijn). Ten westen van de stad ligt op een andere heuvel de Mudiq citadel (Qala'at al-Mudiq), een oude vestiging ter verdediging langs de rivier Orontes. De citadel dateert van de 13e eeuw en geeft het mooiste zicht vanop afstand. De Mudiq citadel bevindt zich op de vroegere Acropolis van de oude stad.
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Ma'aloulah - Crac des Chevaliers - Hama
... Het dorpje is vooral gekend omdat hier nog Aramees wordt gesproken, dat is de taal van Christus, en het is dan ook een populaire bedevaartplaats.
Van het ene klooster (Serge) kan je in ongeveer een kwartier naar het andere (Tecla) wandelen doorheen een smalle kloof waardoor een watertje stroomt (pas op voor natte voeten). Dit is een leuke wandeling.
Het klooster van de Heilige Tecla is Grieks-Orthodox, waar nog een 50-tal ...
A close call
On Tuesday the road-trip continued with a visit to the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites. This is the oldest surviving Byzantine church, dating back to 5th century and located in the dead city of Telanissos, close to the ancient city of Antioch. St Simeon joined a monastery in this area, but soon decided to seek the religious life alone as a hermit monk. After living in a cave for a little while, he relocated to the top of a pillar eventually reaching 15 meters high to ...
Ruins, ruins and more ruins
... for a cafe that had some. We found 1 and spent the rest of the afternoon out of the rain. The next day we had organised a day trip to see the dead cities, north of Hama. The first place was Apamea and was quite a surprise. It was a 3rd century town which still had quite a bit still intact. It was a beautiful day with clear blue skies and the ruins looked amazing. We even had t-shirts on. My arms were shocked by ...
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