Bara or al-Bara is one of the former "Dead Cities" in northwestern Syria.
It is located in the Zawiya Mountain approximately 65 kilometres north from Hama and approx. 80 km southwest from Aleppo. Al-Bara is also town in Ariha district.
officially it was founded in the 4th century AD as a small settlement near a wadi however my guide said many parts date to the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD
It is approximately 95 km southwest of Aleppo.
The settlement prospered in the 5th and 6th centuries and wasn't affected by the Muslim conquest.
It kept it's ties with antioch and was a archbishopric till 1081... a crossroads to Jerusalem ??
Crusaders invaded in the 11th century.
It was struck by an earthquake in 1158AD
There are two pyramidal-roofed tombs
The ruins of Al-Bara spread over an area of tree-covered hillsides and valleys
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