Syria. The ruins of St Simeon's Monastery and Church not far from the historic Syrian city of Aleppo as it was in 1998

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Colourful scenes of Syria in 1998, prior to the destruction of the civil ruins St Simeons Monastery And Church where it is said St Simeon chained himself to a large rock-boulder to avoid temptations

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Size: 5985px × 6000px
Location: Syria, Aleppo
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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