Monastery of St. Simeon Stylites the Younger
Hatay, Defne · Archaeological site
Photo: Klaus-Peter Simon · CC BY 3.0
Catalogue label
- Type
- Archaeology
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Hatay / Defne
- Elevation
- 480 m
- Wikidata
- Q1776331
About
The Monastery of Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger (Turkish: Aziz Simon manastır) is a former Christian monastery that lies on a hill roughly 29 kilometres (18 miles) southwest of Antakya and six kilometres (3.7 miles) to the east of Samandağ, in the southernmost Turkish province of Hatay. The site is extensive but the monastery buildings are in ruins.
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