Religious sitesMosul, Iraq
Dair Mar Elia
Abandoned Christian monastery in Iraq.
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The Monastery of Saint Elijah, or Dair Mar Elia, was located in Mosul, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Established in the late 6th century, it was one of Iraq's oldest monasteries. It belonged to the Church of the East and then to the Chaldean Catholic Church.
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Open map: Dair Mar Elia and 8 nearby attractions36.29240, 43.13100 · Mosul
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- Mosul Museum: Levi Clancy · CC0 · Commons
- Great Mosque of al-Nuri: Ennolenze · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque: Younis ziyad · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Bash Tapia Castle: Eng Omer Akram · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Nineveh: Photo by Fredarch. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- Hassuna: Middle_East_topographic_map-blank.svg : Sémhur ( talk ) derivative work: PequoD 76 ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
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