CYRRHUS

To guide you on the road, ask for the direction of the nearby Nabi Houri sanctuary, and much better known than under its ancient name. The tomb of this Muslim saint that is worships here is housed in an astonishing Roman tomb of several metres high. Visible on the left of the access road, it is hexagonal and its second floor in lantern has a pyramid roof. The ribbons attached to the tomb of the tomb report the passage of Kurdish visitors. It is indeed a custom to leave a piece of cloth to mark its presence in a place. The surrounding area is littered with drums and half-record capitals in the ground. The ruins of Cyrrhus are hidden behind a hill at 200 m from the mausoleum. It was founded by Seleucus at the beginning of the th century BC, perhaps to shelter the headquarters of one of its satrapies, annexed a time to the kingdom of Armenia, and it will have to await the arrival of the Romans who will make it a military and commercial base. Fortifiée was fortified by Justinian as an important Christian community. Cyrrhus dépeuplera quickly. Noureddin by chasing the crusaders who settled there in 1150. Only a French mission became interested in these ruins from 1952, most of which are still buried. The wild frame in which the remains are divided at least as much as the remains themselves.