#sebastia is a village of/near nablus | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

leroibobo · 9 months

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the nabi yahya (prophet john) mosque/maqām in sebastia, palestine. it stands on a site identified since byzantine times to be where john the baptist's body was buried by his followers. now the main mosque of sebatia, the current structure was originally a crusader church built on top of a byzantine tomb for john along with jewish prophets elisha and obadiah. it was modified into a mosque on the order of saladin after his defeat of the crusaders in the battle of hattin in 1187.

#palestine #architecture #interior #worship #muslim #old & new #my posts #sebastia is a village of/near nablus #& nablus is also very well-known for their desserts (and their kanafeh in particular)#and also their cheese (which is why there's a nablusi cheese) (and also probably where the being known for kanafeh comes from)#if you live in a city and see a dessert place advertised as ''nablusi'' GO THERE. your life will b changed

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