Maaloula
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Maaloula is a historic Syrian mountain village renowned as one of the last places where Western Neo-Aramaic, a modern descendant of the language of Jesus, is still spoken.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ma'loula | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic town
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ village ⓘ |
| architectureStyle | traditional Levantine mountain architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith | language of Jesus ⓘ |
| conflictImpact | affected by Syrian civil war ⓘ |
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Aramaic-speaking communities
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Syriac Christian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographics |
Christian majority historically
ⓘ
Muslim minority ⓘ |
| distanceFromDamascus | approximately 50–60 km ⓘ |
| elevation | high-altitude village ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
houses built into cliff faces
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limestone cliffs ⓘ narrow mountain gorge ⓘ |
| hasMonastery |
Convent of Saint Thecla
NERFINISHED
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Monastery of Saint Sergius and Bacchus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInArabic | معلولا NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSite | Shrine of Saint Thecla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage | Christian heritage ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
one of the last places where Western Neo-Aramaic is spoken
ⓘ
preservation of Aramaic traditions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Christian pilgrimage sites
ⓘ
Western Neo-Aramaic language ⓘ ancient monasteries ⓘ traditional Aramaic-speaking community ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anti-Lebanon Mountains
NERFINISHED
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Rif Dimashq Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ mountainous region ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlements |
Saidnaya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yabroud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | southwestern Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syriac Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Greek Orthodox Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Melkite Greek Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousBuildingType |
churches
ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ |
| scriptUsedForLocalLanguage | Syriac script (historically) ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Eastern European Summer Time
ⓘ
Eastern European Time ⓘ |
| tourism |
cultural tourism destination
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religious tourism destination ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ma'loula