Kanīsat al Kīrīlūs
Kanīsat al Kīrīlūs is a church in Damascus Governorate, Syria. Kanīsat al Kīrīlūs is situated nearby to the church Holy Cross, as well as near the city gate Bab Touma.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holy Cross and Umayyad Mosque.
Holy Cross
Church
Photo: Aziz1005, Public domain.
Holy Cross is a church, which is situated 150 metres southeast of Kanīsat al Kīrīlūs.
Umayyad Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Umayyad Mosque is situated 1¼ km southwest of Kanīsat al Kīrīlūs.
Bab Touma
City gate
Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bab Tuma is a neighborhood located in the old city of Damascus in Syria. It is one of the seven gates of Damascus, a geographic landmark of Christianity. Bab Touma is situated 530 metres south of Kanīsat al Kīrīlūs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Damascus and Sarouja.
Damascus
Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. A city of immense historical importance, Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.
Sarouja
Town
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sarouja is a municipality of Damascus, Syria, due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.
Jobar
Village
Jobar also Jawbar, Jober or Joubar, is a village on the outskirts of Damascus northeast of the old city walls. It contains the most venerated site for Syrian Jews, the 2,000-year-old Jobar Synagogue, named for the biblical prophet Elijah, and has been a place of Jewish pilgrimage for many centuries.
Kanīsat al Kīrīlūs
- Type: Church
- Also known as: “Kanisat al Kirilus” and “Kanīsat al Kirlus”
- Category: religion
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.51817° or 33° 31′ 5″ northLongitude
36.31739° or 36° 19′ 3″ eastElevation
687 metres (2,254 feet)Open location code
8G5RG898+7XGeoNames ID
8430718
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In Other Languages
“Kanīsat al Kīrīlūs” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة الكرلس”
- Arabic: “كنيسة الكيريلوس”
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