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Priest in the church of the Virgin (El Adra), Silvan, 1911

Place: Diyarbakir · today Türkiye
Date: 1911

A priest stands among fallen stones at the east end of the south aisle of the church of El Adra in Silvan, Diyarbakir province. Photographed by Gertrude Bell, 1 to 3 May 1911.

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Wikimedia Commons (from the Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University, GB/3/1/19/1/192)

Gertrude Bell · Public domain

Priest in the church of the Virgin (El Adra), Silvan, 1911

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