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After the tour finished carfacts bookstores, we will go to the northeast, across the border to Syria Homs. Dealers almost more than an hour we went to the border, I'll pass in front of six postcards written carfacts to the tour guide, asked her to help me send. In other customs, Zhang Tao Tao incessant physician and find a variety of topics to chat, so even though withered waited more than an hour, we do not feel tired. Out of Lebanon into Syria after crossing the checkpoint, the officers had a little trouble for the mean, the leader secretly stuffed the money in the hands of officials checking passports, was finally released, the entire customs carfacts clearance takes more than two hours, to Hotel when already at 9 o'clock.
The next morning, we will go up the hill, about 40 km from the west side of downtown, there is a castle built by the Crusaders. The castle is located on a 650-meter hill, called krak des Chevaliers, was founded in the year 1150. The era of the Crusades, its position is very important because it controlled the main gateway to the Mediterranean. 1031 Aleppo Arab Emirates (Emir of Aleppo) built the castle, as the Kurdish mercenaries stationed, named Husn al-Akrad, carfacts meaning "Kurdish castle." Fall into the hands of the Franks during the Crusades in 1099, and renamed the Newcastle Knights (Krak des Chevaliers).
1142 became a hospital used by the Knights, Crusaders occupied the castle 130 years. Until 1271, after a month of siege, and finally fell into the Sultan 巴伊巴尔思 (Baybars)'s hands Mamuluke (Mamluk) dynasty. And built by the Knights Hospitaller church into a mosque. When the Knights stationed during their hospital, it be a massive expansion, additional 10-foot thick walls and massive watchtowers 7 to 30 feet in diameter, and the addition of a number of defense equipment, so becoming a military castle The forts. Can be placed 2,000 troops.
With the guidance tour, we came to the entrance, I raise a look, saw the wall engraved with the Arabic word, that is in 1271, Mamuluke carfacts (Mamluk) Dynasty Sultan 巴伊巴尔思 (Baybars ) conquered handwriting left here. Then along the slope, into the arched passage, is the first at the stables here. About 3-4 meters wide stables, carfacts have low floor ladder, but the way is covered with large stones, extremely bumpy. We also see some of the outer wall of defense equipment, such as archer archery bow with arrows stack, as well as the most primitive shells, huge stone circle is the dolphin, piled in a corner of the wall.
After visiting over the Newcastle Knights, dealers one hour, we entered the downtown Hammamet City (Homs) of it. After a guided stroll through the old town, you can feel everywhere carfacts are filled with quaint taste through several streets, we came to the restaurant named "Julia Palace", the entrance sign also marks the four stars yo! We seated, who followed a group of people in uniform Qianhuhouyong into the restaurant, sitting carfacts right behind us, closer look, the generals who still do not shoulder the four stars yo, we dare curious Toumiao about it, or Freeze photographed good.
After a fun-filled lunch, carfacts we visit with a guided towards a Attractions: St. Mary's Cathedral. The church is to commemorate Jesus' mother - the Virgin Mary (Virgin Mary) built. According to legend, the Virgin Mary died in AD 56 years, at the age of 70 years old. Died three days later, the angels took her to heaven. Is Shengtuomashi (St. Thomas) saw; then Shengtuomashi missionary in India, unable to attend the funeral of the Virgin, in order to gain the trust of the faithful, he saw the situation Assumption, so he asked the Virgin to give him a token whereof UTS, then gave him the Holy Virgin with the (Holy Belt).
Later Shengtuomashi (St. Thomas) would end up in India, to AD 394, was taken to St. with Turkey from India. Then, in 476 AD this band before being placed in the holy city of Hama (Homs) in St. Mary's Cathedral. So the church carfacts is also known as "al-Nenar Church", Nenar is holy with meaning. The church looks nothing special from the outside, the inside decor is very simple, no fancy mosaic and relief, carfacts can not see Le complicated Gothic arch. Only pieces of the image of the Virgin and Jesus.
Our Lady of the belt on the piece of a circle is rolled up in a cylindrical inner treasures, was enshrined in the innermost shrine of the church, it is also protected by an iron fence. According to information it has 74 cm long, 5 cm wide, 3 cm thickness. Showing pale beige color, material are of wool, linen and also mixed a little wire. On the left the shrine, but also show a few thousand antiquities, more impressive is a small stone, it has a 46 cm long, 44 cm wide, 2 cm thick. Inscribed the date of the church built. Beside the monument there is the stigma of a groove, it is a piece of volcanic rock, deep, 12 cm, 16 cm in diameter, it is the era of Byzantine Antiquities.


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