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Syria This picture shows Maloula: icons in St. Taqla shrine. It was taken on a travel to Maloula, Syria, Asia. It is one of the 6716 of travel photographs you can find on Traveladventures.org. You can click on the picture to see more pictures of Maloula. You can also send it as a free electronic postcard or download it for free, by following the links under the picture. Alternatively, you can follow the tags under the picture to find other travel pictures of a particular theme, or switch to another language. Enjoy your travel with pictures from all over the world! Show on map Locate Maloula on map Other languages: \| \| \| \| Categories Architecture Art Bridges City & Cityscape Coastline Culture & Religion Doors & Windows Events History Landscape Nature People Transportation Various	Picture of Maloula: icons in St. Taqla shrine (Maloula, Syria) Icons inside the St. Taqla shrine Send image of Maloula: icons in St. Taqla shrine as a free postcard Download picture of Maloula: icons in St. Taqla shrine Purchase Maloula: icons in St. Taqla shrine (Syria) Maloula is a village tucked away under steep rocky cliffs, with several monasteries and small alleys running mostly underground. When approaching Maloula from the Damascus-Aleppo highway, the village seems to be well protected under the umbrella of high cliffs. Once near, you can discern the colourful houses, especially of the older part of town. One of the main attractions of this peaceful place is the Convent of St. Taqla, right under one of the vertical walls of rock. As Maloula is a predominantly Christian village, it is full of convents. Of these, St. Taqla is probably the most prominent. It dates from the 4th century. According to legend, Taqla was pursued for her Christian faith, ended up here, prayed, and an opening in the rocks gave her protection and saved her. Read more about: Maloula Tags for this picture: \| \| \| \| Asia Europe christian muslem Maloula Oslo Opera House painting modern art Syria France
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