An Nāşirah
An Nāşirah is a locality in Homs Governorate, Syria. An Nāşirah is situated nearby to the village An-Nasra, as well as near the locality Krak des Chevaliers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Krak des Chevaliers and Lady of the Valley Sculpture.
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.
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.
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. St George Monastery is situated 3 km southwest of An Nāşirah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include An-Nasra and Kafra.
An-Nasra
Village
Al-Nasirah is a small Christian town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located west of Homs. Nearby localities include Habnamrah to the northwest, Marmarita and Ayn al-Bardah to the west, Zweitina to the southwest, al-Husn to the south, al-Huwash and al-Mazinah to the southeast, Shin to the east, Muqlus to the northeast, Hadeih and Mashta al-Helu to the north.
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.
An Nāşirah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Al Khuraybah”, “An Nasirah”, “Kheraibi”, “Khraïbé”, “Khuraybah”, and “Nāşirah”
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.78769° or 34° 47′ 16″ northLongitude
36.28559° or 36° 17′ 8″ eastElevation
624 metres (2,047 feet)Open location code
8G6RQ7QP+36GeoNames ID
173606
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In Other Languages
“An Nāşirah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الناصرة”
- Arabic: “خريبة”
- Arabic: “ناصرة”
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