Tourists at the ruins at the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, built in the the 5th century AD, before the civil war in Syria.

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The Church of Saint Simeon Stylites. Built in the the 5th century AD it is one of the oldest surviving Byzantine churches in the world.

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Location: Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Aleppo
Photo credit: © Leisa Tyler / Alamy / Afripics
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