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Early Christianity · Early ChristianDura-Europos ChurchDura-Europos, near Salhiyah, SyriaHouse adapted for Christian use around AD 232–256The earliest securely identified Christian worship building, preserved from a Roman frontier city in Syria.Read the full history Early Christianity · Early Syrian Christian heritageQalb Lozeh BasilicaQalb Lozeh, Syria5th centuryA remarkably preserved Syrian village basilica whose broad arches and twin-towered facade reveal regional invention before Romanesque Europe.Read the full history Early Christianity · Early Syrian Christian heritageChurch of Saint Simeon StylitesQal‘at Sim‘an near Aleppo, SyriaLate 5th centuryThe vast cruciform pilgrimage sanctuary built around the column of Simeon Stylites, material evidence for the reach of Syrian asceticism.Read the full history