Tartus Museum — Local services in Tartus Governorate

It was a cathedral founded in 1105 A.D. It was destroyed by an earthquake and then rebuilt in the twelfth century. The museum has three wings, and in the right side wing are the traces of ancient historical times. In the main wing. As for antiquity, treasures were dedicated to the Ugarite finds, to the discoveries of Tel Sukas and others to the Amrit finds. The museum is a great place to visit in Tartus.. But it's...

#متحف_طرطوس #كنائس_طرطوس #كنيسة_قديمة #كنيسة_تاريخية #كاتدرائية_طرطوس #اقدمكنيسةبأسمالسيدةالعذراءفيالعالم اقدم كنيسة حملت اسم السيدة العذراء في العالم. تتناقل الكتب و القصص انه قد مر بها القديس بطرس في طريقه لانطاكية برفقة السيدة العذراء حيث شاركا في تشييدها. هدمها زلزالين قويين و بقي المذبح والايقونة ومن ثم تم تشيدها من جديد، تم تغيير استخدامها حسب القوة الموجودة عبر الزمن. حاليا هي متحف يحوي بعض النفائس من اثار مختلف العصور والحضارات منذ الفينيقيين للان. #Museum_of_Tartus #Cathedral_of_Tartus #Historical_Church #Ancient_Church #Churches_of_Tartus Oldest church to bear name of #Mary in the world. Books and stories tell about how #Mary and #Peter came down this spot where they established building the church here while on the way to Antioch. Was brought down to earth by two strong earthquakes, yet altar and icon of #Mary survived both, then was re-built again bigger and wider. It was re-categorized and used for different purposes depending on prevailing power at the time. Currently it is a national museum accommodating valuables from all ancient times and civilizations...

A lot of very important archeological findings that might look “not interesting” for those who don’t have minimum knowledge in archeology or don’t know how to interpret archeological findings with historical information or vice versa! But still the building itself...