Al-Mishtaya

Al-Mishtaya is a village in northwestern , administratively part of the , located west of and north of the border with .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Krak des Chevaliers and St George Monastery.

Photo: (Ergo), CC BY 2.0.
located near in 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.

Church
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
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 in northwestern , the place located just a few kilometers north of the famous castle .

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 , Wadi al-Nasara in . 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 Kafra and Marmarita.

Village
is a village in northern located west of in the . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, had a population of 909 in the 2004 census.

Village
Photo: Famaty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in northwestern , located west of Homs. is one of the largest villages in Wadi al-Nasara, a region north of .

Village
Al-Nasirah is a small Christian town in northwestern , administratively part of the , located west of . Nearby localities include Habnamrah to the northwest, 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, to the northeast, Hadeih and to the north.

Al-Mishtaya

Latitude
34.77067° or 34° 46′ 14″ north
Longitude
36.27112° or 36° 16′ 16″ east
Population
1,010
Open location code
8G6RQ7CC+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 572550966
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q20872353
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Al-Mishtaya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المشتاية”
  • Arabic: “المشتايه”
  • Arabic: “قرية المشتاية”
  • Arabic: “مشتاية”
  • Dutch: “Al-Mishtaya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المشتايه”
  • French: “Al-Michtaia”
  • German: “al-Mischtaja”
  • Persian: “المشتایه”
  • Polish: “Al-Misztaja”
  • Russian: “Аль-Миштая”
  • Uzbek: “Al-Mishtaya”
  • Vietnamese: “Al-Mishtaya”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Al Wadi swimming pool and Al Fawar spring.

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