Monastery of St. Simeon Stylites the Younger
Ruins · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 36.092, 36.036
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
The Monastery of Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger is a former Christian monastery that lies on a hill roughly 29 kilometres southwest of Antakya and six kilometres to the east of Samandağ, in the southernmost Turkish province of Hatay. The site is extensive but the monastery buildings are in ruins.