Images The basilica of Saint Simeon

The site of Saint Simeon, "Qalat Samaan" in Arabic, is unique: on top of a hill, overlooking a vast expansive fields and ruins of Dead Cities. For centuries, this was a high place of Christianity in Syria, drawing thousands and thousands of pilgrims and worshipers of Saint Simeon, the Stylite. In Qalaat Samaan, you will discover the fascinating character who stayed 36 years on top of a column and the immense architectural complex around of the pillar of the Saint.