Şīr al Ḩayy
Şīr al Ḩayy is a monastery in Homs Governorate, Syria. Şīr al Ḩayy is situated nearby to the village Zira’a.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Riblah.
Riblah
Archaeological site
The ancient town of Riblah, today a tell covered by a cemetery not far from the town of Ribleh on the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon, was in biblical times located on the northern frontier of the land of Canaan. Riblah is situated 2½ km west of Şīr al Ḩayy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zira’a and Al-Qusayr.
Zira’a
Village
Zira'a is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Situated on a hill just east of the Orontes River, nearby localities include Rableh to the immediate southwest, al-Qusayr to the north, Jandar to the northeast and Hisyah to the southeast. Zira’a is situated 3 km north of Şīr al Ḩayy.
Al-Qusayr
Town
Al-Qusayr is a city in western Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is located about 35 kilometers south of Homs and is situated in a mountainous area overlooking Syria's border with Lebanon which lies 15 kilometres to the southwest. Al-Qusayr is situated 9 km north of Şīr al Ḩayy.
Şīr al Ḩayy
- Type: Monastery
- Also known as: “Sir al Hayy”
- Category: religion
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.42908° or 34° 25′ 45″ northLongitude
36.57602° or 36° 34′ 34″ eastElevation
551 metres (1,808 feet)Open location code
8G6RCHHG+JCGeoNames ID
11431128
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In Other Languages
“Şīr al Ḩayy” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صير الحي”
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