Church of Saint Simeon Stylites Complete

ID: 269

Building type: church

Context:

church; monastery

Site:

Inscriptions:

428 , 429 , 430

Description:

Organized on a cruciform layout, the church is arranged around the column of Saint Simeon, which occupies the precise center of the plan. Within the broader ensemble of Dayr Simʿān, the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites (Qalʿat Simʿān) constitutes the complex’s principal monument. Plan reference: Butler, H. C. (ed.), 1920. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1905–5 and 1909. Division II: Architecture, Section B: Northern Syria, Leiden, Pl. XXIII. Further reading: Butler, H. C. (ed.), 1920. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1905–5 and 1909. Division II: Architecture, Section B: Northern Syria, Leiden, 281–284.