Image View Description:
Entrance of the monastery
Date:
Early 7th century A.D.
Location:
Alqosh (Iraq)
Title Variant:
Rabban Hormuz Monastery
Work Type:
architecture
Material / Technique:
limestone
Culture:
Assyrian-Chaldean
Photographer:
Helen Malko
Notes:
The monastery has had several restorations and extensions since its first construction in the early 7th century.
Image Source:
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University
Record ID:
1314_iraq2013_strabbanhormuzmonastery_img_016