Mor Gabriel Monastery

Mardin Province · Turkey

Mor Gabriel Monastery, Turkey
Photo: Photographer: Christian Koehn (Fragwürdig), selfmade, CC BY-SA 2.0 de via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
March to May
Budget
$
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One of the oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monasteries, set on the arid Tur Abdin plateau. Founded in the fourth century, it remains a living community with ancient mosaic floors and thick fortress-like walls.

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