Sabastia

This is a photo of the Mosque of Nabi Yaha (John the Baptist), which stands on the site identified since Byzantium times as the place where John the Baptist's head was buried. A church has also existed on the spot since then.

These columns are the remains of a huge Roman basilica and date from about the second century AD (relatively recent for this part of the world!)

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