叙利亚，圣.西蒙大教堂 Saint Simeon Church, Syria

Saint Simeon Church, Syria, 叙利亚，圣.西蒙大教堂 1978


中文注释：（网友翻译，有待改进，请跟帖发表自己看法）
时间&地点：1978年，叙利亚，圣.西蒙大教堂
摄影：James Stanfield

叙利亚沙漠，孤零零的圣.西蒙大教堂废墟屹立在绿松石般的天空下。这座建立于公元476年到公元491年的建筑坐落于阿勒颇外37英里（60公里）处的一座小山上，用于纪念一位著名的修道者圣.西蒙，他花了大约40年的时间在一根40英尺（12米）高的柱子上祈祷。现在在教堂的院子里仍然可以看到这根柱子。


  


英文注释：
The isolated ruins of the Church of Saint Simeon stand beneath a turquoise sky in the Syrian desert. This sprawling complex, located on a hill 37 miles (60 kilometers) from the nearest city (Aleppo), was built between A.D. 476 and 491 to honor St. Simeon Stylites, the famed ascetic monk who spent nearly 40 years in prayer atop a 40-foot (12-meter) pillar. The remains of the pillar can still be seen in the church’s courtyard.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Ebla: Splendor of an Unknown Empire,” December 1978, National Geographic magazine)




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