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| Page Views: 388 Last Visit to Qanawat: - | Brief Stop Between Busra and Damascus by atufft - last update: Mar 20, 2006 |
We met a German tourist with a rental car... | Seraglio View with Rental Car |
who offered us a ride back to Damascus from Busra. Since we would have waited more than an hour for the last public bus, this was a good opportunity. Another, younger tourist was also invited, and we all agreed that driving by way of Qanawat would be a nice scenic alternative to the Amman-Damascus freeway. So, we arrived in Qanawat, which is actually better described by the number one VT contributor. But, I do provide some good photos here that he does not have. |
|  | We stayed mostly around the early Christian church and talked with our new friends as the sun began to set. The setting here in Qanawat is very relaxed, but I wouldn't recommend an overnight stay as the town is not much. |
| Tetrastyle Architecture of Seraglio |
|  | The 2nd Century Architecture is quite striking... And so, I captured these photos in the hour or so that I had with my roll film camera. The tetra style building appears to be originally a temple which was later converted into a basilica for Christian worship. The name of the building is Seraglio according to the guidebook. |
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| Pros: | "Excellent stop midway between Busra and Damascus" | | Cons: | "Not enough of a town for an overnight stay" | | In A Nutshell: | "Seraglio at Qanawat is a major archeological ruin of note worth seeing" |
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MM212 Fri Dec 14, 2007 21:07 UTC Interesting place I missed in Syria. | TheWanderingCamel Wed Jun 27, 2007 16:10 UTC MrL is just back from Syria - he spent a day viisting Qanawat, Shaba and Suweida. I am sooo jealous. leyle |
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