It is located south of the Euphrates and north of the Syrian semi-desert, 160 km south-east of Aleppo and 30 km south of the Aleppo-Raqqa road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rasafeh\u00a0 palace \u00a0was\u00a0\u00a0the \u00a0residence\u00a0 of \u00a0Hisham ibn\u00a0Abdul\u00a0 malik , the \u00a0third Omayyad Caliph, whose age was a golden one,\u00a0 due to his great interest in the arts and in architecture. He had several palaces built in various parts of Syria.\u00a0 He was in favor of\u00a0 simplicity \u00a0and\u00a0 modesty ,\u00a0 this is\u00a0 why\u00a0 he chose Rasafeh as his residence. There, he died and was buried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The palace was originally a church, built to commemorate a Roman officer (St. Sergius), who died in defence of Christianity in the 4th century. In 616 , the church was invaded by the Persians, robbed and destroyed. When Hisham ibn Abdul Malik became a caliph in the 8th century , he built two beautiful palaces on its site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Later, the Abbassids invaded and destroyed what the Caliph Hisham had built. Very little\u00a0 of the ruins of the \u00a0Mar Sarkis church\u00a0 remain.\u00a0 Parts\u00a0 of\u00a0 the church\u00a0 have been used as a mosque; inscriptions in both Arabic and Greek, engraved on the walls , \u00a0indicate\u00a0 that\u00a0 Christians and\u00a0 Muslims\u00a0 co-existed\u00a0 peacefully in Syria from the 13th century onwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is located south of the Euphrates and north of the Syrian semi-desert, 160 km south-east of Aleppo and 30 km south of the Aleppo-Raqqa road. Rasafeh\u00a0 palace \u00a0was\u00a0\u00a0the \u00a0residence\u00a0 of \u00a0Hisham ibn\u00a0Abdul\u00a0 malik , the \u00a0third Omayyad Caliph, whose age was a golden one,\u00a0 due to his great interest…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/nayatours.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/church1resafa.jpg\")
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