Kafr Baţnā

Worth seeing in and around Kafr Baţnā

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Mariamite Cathedral of Damascus

   The Mariamite Cathedral of Damascus, also known as the Maryamiyya Church, is one of the oldest Greek Orthodox churches in Damascus, Syria and holds the seat of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. The church complex is located on the Street Called Straight.

   5.7 km · patriarchal cathedral in Damascus · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Abbasiyyin Stadium

   The Abbasiyyin Stadium is a multi-use all-seater stadium in Damascus, Syria, that is currently closed. It mostly hosted football matches and served as the home venue of the Syrian national team in the past.

   5 km · stadium · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral

   The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, also known as The Olive Church or the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady, is the cathedral of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the city of Damascus, Syria. It is the seat of the Greek-Melkite Archeparchy of Damascus dependent on the Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, which includes about 150,000 baptized adherents and twenty parishes with fifty priests.

   5.2 km · Melkite Greek Catholic cathedral in Damascus, Syria · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Saint Anania's House

   The House of Saint Ananias is an ancient underground structure in Damascus, Syria, that is said to be the remains of the home of Ananias of Damascus, where Ananias baptized Saul. The building is at the end of the Street Called Straight near the Bab Sharqi.

   5.1 km · church in Ancient City, Damascus, Syria · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Chapel of Saint Paul

   The Chapel of Saint Paul is a church in Damascus, Syria, located along Tarafa bin al-Abd Street near the former Bab Kisan. The chapel, consecrated in 1939, includes some stones from the Bab Kisan, which is believed to be the site of St Paul's escape from Damascus by being lowered out of a window in a basket.

   5.4 km · chapel in Damascus, Syria · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Aqsab Mosque

   The Aqsab Mosque or Al-Aqsab Mosque or Al-Qasab Mosque, also known as Al-Sadat Mosque, is an Ayyubid-era Sunni mosque and mausoleum in Damascus, Syria. The mosque is located on Suq Sarujiyya, outside the walls of the old city, near the Bab al-Salam gate.

   5.7 km · Mosque in Damascus, Syria · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Saint George Cathedral in Damascus

   The Cathedral of Saint George is a Syriac Orthodox cathedral located in Bab Tuma district, in Old Damascus, Syria. The Cathedral acts as the seat of the Syriac Orthodox Church since 1959.

   5.3 km · Cathedral of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus, Syria · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Syriac Catholic cathedral

   Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Saint Paul is the cathedral of the Syriac Catholic Church, located in Damascus, Syria. It is the see of the Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus and is located in the Christian quarter of Damascus, 100 m west of Bab Sharqi.

   5.2 km · church in Damascus, Syria · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Maktab Anbar

   Maktab Anbar is a house in the center of Old Damascus, Syria. The house was built as a private residence by a local Jewish notable Mr.

   5.9 km · Historic building in Damascus, Syria · Wikipedia
10. 10
    October War Panorama

    The October War Panorama is a National museum located in Damascus, Syria which commemorates the memory of the 1973 October War between Egypt and Syria against Israel from a Syrian perspective, and the 1982 Lebanon War battles that were fought against Israel.

    5.5 km · National museum in Damascus, Syria · Wikipedia

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Damascus (DAM), 17 km · Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 89 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 175 km

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  91 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · $10–13
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  178 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · JD8–10
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