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Townspeople on the walls of the church of Mor Philoxenos, Midyat, 1911

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Townspeople on the walls of the church of Mor Philoxenos, Midyat, 1911

Place
Midyat · today Türkiye
Date
1911
ChurchVillage life

Crowds of Midyat townspeople stand along the walls and roof of the church of Mor Philoxenos, seen from the east, in April 1911.

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Source

Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University

Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian · CC BY-SA 4.0 (rights holder: "No known copyright restrictions")

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