Al Mashtāyah
Al Mashtāyah is a locality in Homs Governorate, Syria. Al Mashtāyah is situated nearby to the village Al-Mishtaya, as well as near Kafra.Places of Interest
Highlights include Krak des Chevaliers and St George Monastery.
Krak des Chevaliers
Krak des Chevaliers located near Homs in Syria is widely recognised as the archetypal Crusader castle. Described by T.E. Lawrence as "perhaps the best preserved and most wholly admirable castle in the world", this somewhat isolated site is located magnificently and is, indeed, extremely well-preserved.
St George Monastery
Church
Saint George Monastery or Deir Mar Georges is a historic Greek Orthodox monastery in the village of al-Mishtaya in the "Valley of the Christians", belonging to the Homs Governorate in northwestern Syria, the place located just a few kilometers north of the famous castle Krak des Chevaliers.
Lady of the Valley Sculpture
Work of art
Photo: أفرام, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lady of the Valley is a Marian shrine inaugurated on 16 August 2009, located in Al-Nasirah, Wadi al-Nasara in Syria. The statue is built near the Lady of the Valley Church on top of Mount of the Pilgrim, which is dedicated to Saint George.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Mishtaya and Kafra.
Al-Mishtaya
Village
Al-Mishtaya is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located west of Homs and north of the border with Lebanon.
Kafra
Village
Kafra is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafra had a population of 909 in the 2004 census.
Marmarita
Village
Photo: Famaty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marmarita is a village in northwestern Syria, located west of Homs. Marmarita is one of the largest villages in Wadi al-Nasara, a region north of Talkalakh.
Al Mashtāyah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Al Mashtayah”, “Machtâyé”, “Mashtāyah”, “Mechtayé”, and “Mechtâyé”
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.77056° or 34° 46′ 14″ northLongitude
36.27106° or 36° 16′ 16″ eastElevation
468 metres (1,535 feet)Open location code
8G6RQ7CC+6CGeoNames ID
173490
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In Other Languages
“Al Mashtāyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المشتاية”
- Arabic: “مشتاية”
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