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St Simeon's monastry; supposedly Simeon Stylites spent 36 years sitting on pillars of variuos heights, here from 423AD
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After he died a monastry was built around his pillar in 459AD
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Otherwise, a well preserved roman structure
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The foundation of the 'famous' pillar
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The Syrian landscape reveals a fertile land
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The Syrian landscape reveals a fertile land
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