Mar Behnam Monastery, Balawat

Name: Mar Behnam Monastery
Address: Balawat, Iraq

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Monastery of the Martyrs Mar Behnam and Marth Sarah, is a Syriac Catholic monastery in northern Iraq in the village Khidr Ilyas close to the town of Beth Khdeda. The tomb of Mar Benham was heavily damaged on March 19, 2015, by the Islamic State, and the exterior murals were desecrated in all of the monastery's buildings. Repair work restoring the monastery and the tomb of Mar Behnam to its pre-ISIS condition was completed by early December 2018. ()

Local name: دير مار بهنام Established: IV centuryArchitectural style: Romanesque architectureCoordinates: 36°8'17"N, 43°24'23"E

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Balawat Iraq

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Mar Behnam Monastery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nimrud.

5.1 miSW
City, Archaeological site
Nimrud
131 min walk • Nimrud is an ancient Assyrian city located in Iraq, 30 kilometres south of the city of Mosul, and 5 kilometres south of the village of Selamiyah, in the Nineveh Plains in Upper Mesopotamia.