Chapel of Saint Paul
The Chapel of Saint Paul is a church in Damascus, Syria, located along Tarafa bin al-Abd Street near the former Bab Kisan. The chapel, consecrated in 1939, includes some stones from the Bab Kisan, which is believed to be the site of St Paul's escape from Damascus by being lowered out of a window in a basket.Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: chapel in Damascus, Syria
- Also known as: “St. Paul’s Chapel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bab Kisan and Bab ash-Sharqi.
Bab Kisan
City gate
Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab Kisan is one of the seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. The gate, which is now located in the southeastern part of the Old City, was named in memory of a slave who became famous during a conquest by the Caliph Mu'awiya.
Bab ash-Sharqi
City gate
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab Sharqi, also known as the Gate of the Sun, is one of the seven ancient city gates of Damascus, Syria. Its modern name comes from its location in the eastern side of the city. Bab ash-Sharqi is situated 380 metres northeast of Chapel of Saint Paul.
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 1 km northwest of Chapel of Saint Paul.
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.
Al Midan
Town
Al-Midan is a neighbourhood and municipality in Damascus, Syria, south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456.
Chapel of Saint Paul
- Categories: chapel, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.50654° or 33° 30′ 24″ northLongitude
36.31559° or 36° 18′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8G5RG848+J6OpenStreetMap ID
way 1297164084OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q3657612
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Chapel of Saint Paul” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة مار بولس”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Պողոս մատուռ (Դամասկոս)”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Պողոս մատուռ”
- Chinese: “圣保罗教堂”
- Dutch: “Sint-Pauluskapel (Damascus)”
- Dutch: “Sint-Pauluskapel”
- Esperanto: “Kapelo de Sankta Paŭlo”
- French: “chapelle Saint-Paul de Damas”
- French: “Chapelle Saint-Paul de Damas”
- French: “Chapelle Saint-Paul”
- German: “Pauluskapelle (Damaskus)”
- German: “Pauluskapelle”
- Indonesian: “Kapel Santo Paulus”
- Italian: “Cappella di San Paolo di Damasco”
- Spanish: “Capilla de San Pablo (Damasco)”
- Spanish: “Capilla de San Pablo”
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