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Favorite thing: Maaluna, and ancient predominently christian village in the mountains of the Anti-Lebanon (Al-Qalamoun mountains) which lies about 50 kilometres and 50 minutes bus ride north of Damascus. Maalula is a place like no other: life sems to be standing still, and revolving around the two monasteries: the one of saint serius and bacchus, and the one of sainta tecla.
Fondest memory: the wonderful yet simple blue houses - a striking pleasant feature after the much concrete greyness of your average MIddle Eastern cities. Maalula's houses seem to be hanging tight onto the rock behind them, in a very precarious way. It's great to walk around amid them, wondering what supernatural force allows them to exist.
Updated Jan 18, 2003
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Maaluna, and ancient predominently christian village in the mountains of the Anti-Lebanon (Al-Qalamoun mountains) which lies about 50 kilometres and 50 minutes...
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a small fascinating mountain village where "miracles" do happen. Mixed denomination monasteries and Christians and Muslims praying together in the same places. Show us the way, Ma'alula. .
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Hidden in a breathtaking deep narrow valley at the foothills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, Maaloula has served as a refuge to smaller Christian communities since Roman times. The town's isolation has...
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Ma'loula is the only place on earth where the western branch of the aramaic language is still spoken. I'ts JC's language for Christ's sake! Interesting place and the catch is -- it's only an hour away...
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A Tiny and Different Town in Syria
Ma'lula is very different from most other Syrian towns because it is a majority Christian town. There is only one mosque here. The sights here are worth seeing, though it is not exactly the type of......
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