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Hajj Iskandar in the region of Aleppo is a town located in Syria - some 199 mi or ( 320 km ) North of Damascus , the country's capital .

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Local time in Hajj Iskandar is now 01:51 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Damascus " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Salwah, Qarmanluq, Khaltan Gharbi, Kafr Dali Fawqani, and Aleppo. When in this area, you might want to check out Salwah . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Hajj Iskandar ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Dağılgan, Emirdağ

Dağılgan is a village in the District of Emirdağ, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey.

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Located at 36.32 36.53 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Populated places in Afyonkarahisar Province

Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing

The Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing is an international border crossing between Syria and Turkey. It is situated on the M45 Syrian Highway and D827 Turkish Highway between the cities of İskenderun and Aleppo, and is known for its long lines of trucks and buses. The closest town on the Turkish side of the border is Reyhanlı in the Hatay Province, and the closest towns on the Syrian side are ad-Dana and Atarib. The crossing is the site of a 6th century triumphal arch.

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Located at 36.23 36.69 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Turkey, Archaeological sites in Aleppo Governorate, Archaeological sites in Turkey, Byzantine architecture, Roman sites in Syria, Roman sites in Turkey, Syria–Turkey border crossings, Visitor attractions in Syria, Visitor attractions in Turkey

Simeon Stylites

Saint Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite (c. 390 – 2 September 459) was a Christian ascetic saint who achieved fame for living 37 years on a small platform on top of a pillar near Aleppo in Syria. Several other stylites later followed his model (the Greek word style means pillar). He is known formally as Saint Simeon Stylites the Elder to distinguish him from Simeon Stylites the Younger and Simeon Stylites III.

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Located at 36.33 36.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: 390 births, 459 deaths, 5th-century Christian saints, Coptic Orthodox saints, Eastern Catholic saints, Stylites, Syrian Christians, Syrian Roman Catholic saints, Syrian hermits, Syrian saints

Church of Saint Simeon Stylites

The Church of Saint Simeon Stylites is a historical building located about 30 km (19 mi) northwest of Aleppo, Syria. It is the oldest surviving Byzantine church, dating back to the 5th century. Built on the site of the pillar of St. Simeon Stylites, a famed hermit monk, the church is popularly known as either Qalaat Semaan, the 'Fortress of Simeon', or Deir Semaan, the 'Monastery of Simeon' .

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Located at 36.33 36.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Aleppo Governorate, Byzantine architecture, Christian monasteries in Syria, Churches in Syria, Dead Cities, World Heritage Sites in Syria

Ain Dara temple

The Ain Dara temple, located near the village of Ain Dara, northwest of Aleppo, Syria, is an Iron Age Syro-Hittite temple noted for its similarities to Solomon's Temple as described in the Hebrew Bible. According to the excavator Ali Abu Assaf, it was in existence from 1300 BC until 740BC and remained "basically the same" during the period of the Solomonic Temple's construction (1000-900BC) as it had been before, so that it predates the Solomonic Temple.

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Located at 36.46 36.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: 1300s BC, Archaeological sites in Aleppo Governorate, Buildings and structures in Aleppo Governorate, Iron Age sites in Syria