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This mosque was rebuilt after it was wrecked by earthquakes in 1853 and again in 2023, so what you see now is a squeaky-clean version of 2026. It's on the site of an ancient pagan temple and became one of the first Christian churches, and from the 7th century one of the first mosques in the region, flipflopping between those religions as control of the city ebbed back and forth. Habib Al-Najjar ("the beloved carpenter") in legend lived 5-35 AD. When the Apostles visited Antioch they cured his son and he converted to Christianity, but was slain by the townsfolk for preaching that creed. Islamic tradition also reveres him for worshipping the true God, as described in Qur'an, sura Ya-Sin (36), ayah 20-27. His tomb is in the basement, and four sarcophagi are said to be Apostles or Islamic prophets who died nowhere remotely near Antioch.
Habib-i Nejjar Mosque is a historic mosque in Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey named after Habib the Carpenter. The mosque is to the east of Orontes River. It was severely damaged by earthquakes in February 2023.
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They were preparing to build a hotel in 2009 when they found remains of ancient Antioch, so they mounted the hotel on steel pillars and created a museum below. There's an ancient road pavement, a ruined bathhouse, and Roman floor mosaics.
Brilliant collection of classical mosaics, coins, sarcophagi, and Iron and Bronze Ages artefacts. It suffered minor damage in 2023 and is being repaired rather than rebuilt.
Bayazid Bastami (d 875 AD) was a Sufi mystic. The site on an outcrop was originally the castle of Darb-ı Sak, or Trapessac under the Knights Templar, and later a retreat for ascetic dervishes. One of the sarcophagi within is said to hold his remains, but his name means he came from Bastam in Semnan Province of Iran and the shrine there has a stronger claim. The Alaybeyli shrine was badly damaged in the 2023 earthquake and restoration continues.