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The Monastery of Purple Gabriel Mardin Turkey #141995548
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The Monastery of purple Gabriel is the oldest standing Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world. It is located within the borders of Güngören village in Midyat District of Mardin province, on the plateau of the Tour Abdin known as the motherland of Syriacs turkey history travel ancient stone architecture church religion historical exterior mesopotamia tower mor middle christian detail cross tourism famous building city heritage culture sky anatolia stairs architectural town landmark wall religious tourist bell worship turabdin traditional medieval anatolian christianity assyrian gngren