Qara - Travel & Tourism Guide Qara - Syrie

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The visit of this city usually tries lovers of religious history, as Qara (20 000 inhabitants) is also one of the oldest centres of Christianity in Syria. But the beauty of the frescoes at Saint-Serge-et-Bacchus church also attracts tourists who are not pressés and most often motorized.Being weakened under Baïbars, which deported part of the Christian community, Christians are now in full activity in Qara, particularly in the convent Saint-Jacques. Furthermore, the local population is equally divided between Christians and Muslims.