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Name
Maalola in the Aramaic
language “the gorge”.
Location
Approx. 56 km to the
north of Damascus -170 km from
the Hotel.
History
Maalola is a little
village where the houses cling to the cliff face .It has three claims
to fame: its setting, its early Christian associations and the
resistance of the villagers to the final replacement of Aramaic by
Arabic as the language of communication. The Aramaic was once spoken
by Jesus Christ. There are two chapels above the village whose loyalty
is divided between the Greek Catholic and Orthodox churches. |
