Antioch - Turkey
Antioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. Founded in the 4th century BC, eventually rivalling Alexandria as the greatest Near Eastern City and a cradle of Christianity throughout the centuries. On the frontline of conflict between Muslim and Christian world. A street market scene
Picture No
10268050
Media ID
46540221
Size
4699px x 2968px
(2.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard, printed in Aleppo
Date
early 1920s
