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Off The Beaten Path: Hammam al-Maleki
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  • Written by MalenaN on Sep 24, 2004
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  • The woman who washed me
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    day trips: Qala'at Samaan (St Simeon)
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  • The Church of St Simeon
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    • On a hilltop, about 40 km northwest of Aleppo, are the ruins of Church of St Simeon. Here the ascetic Simeon Stylites sat on a pillar for 40 years. He became known all over the Byzantine world and pilgrims came to see him.
    After Simeon’s death a large church was built in the shape of a cross with the pillar in the middle of an octagonal courtyard.
    When the church was completed in 490 it was the biggest church in the world. Then it became the second largest after Hagia Sofia in Constantinople.
    The Arabic name is Qala’at Samaan (fortress of St Simeon). As the Muslim Arabs came to the region the church and monastery was fortified.

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    day trips: The pillar
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  • Remains of the pillar
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    • As very young St Simeon Stylites joined a monastery. It was not ascetic enough so he withdrew to a cave and he passed his days with prayer and meditation. As pilgrims started to come and he got a lot of unwanted attention he built a pillar that in the beginning was three metres high, with a platform on top. He lived 40 years on top of a pillar, but in the end it was almost 20 metres high.
    What did he do when he needed to go to the bathroom?

    Not much remains of the pillar as people during the centuries have taken pieces away.

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    day trips: Decorations
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  • Updated by MalenaN on Sep 29, 2004
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  • Me and a stone
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    • The ornamental carved stonework is nice and believed to first have been used in St Simone to later become a common design in Byzantine architecture.

    Looking closely you will also notice there are several types of crosses. You can see the Maltesian-, Byzantine-, Greek- and Roman-Latin crosses.

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    day trips: Qala'at Samaan - The Baptistry
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  • The Baptistry
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    • South of the church is the baptistery. Many pilgrims who came here were not Baptist jet and therefore had to get Baptist before they could enter the church. It was easily done in the walk-through baptismal font. Steps are leading down to the font and on the other side steps are leading up and out.

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    day trips: The guide
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  • Updated by MalenaN on Sep 29, 2004
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  • Abu Abdo
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    • Our guide Mustafa Jasem (Abu Abdo) has been working at the site since he was a child and as he has been there for a very long time he also knows very much and is interesting to listen to. While working he has picked up several languages and maybe he can give you a guided tour in your own language.
    With a mirror, reflecting the sun, he points to interesting details to see.

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    omidamini Sat Apr 26, 2008 08:13 UTC
     Thanks Malena , you have very nice Aleppo page .    		Luchonda Mon Dec 31, 2007 09:41 UTC
     Again a top page! Wish you all the best in 2008. Greetz from Belgium
    Tijavi Mon Nov 26, 2007 15:52 UTC
     Dropped by for some last minute tips for my trip this weekend - would be interesting to visit the souk on Friday. I wish I have more time to enjoy Aleppo and Syria. Thanks for sharing.    		js77 Mon Jun 18, 2007 19:55 UTC
     Beautiful city! I hope to visit it this autumn.
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