Meryem Ana Rosario Church
Changes After Construction:
- After the structure was built for the Latin Catholic community, it was used by different communities; it was most recently allocated to the Syriac Catholic community.
Prominent Features:
- The church belongs to the Latin Catholic Church.
- The structure is dated to the 19th century.
- Its facade architecture is in the Neo-Baroque style.
- There are pilasters with Ionic capitals on both sides of the entrance door; this arrangement reaches the triangular pediment.
- At the center of the pediment is the symbol of the Dominican order.
- The structure has a Latin cross plan scheme.
- At the intersection of the arms of the cross, there is a dome with an interior height of 20.48 m.
- There are ten arched windows on the drum of the dome.
- There are painted decorations and relief motifs in the interior.
- There are depictions of saints on the pendentives.
- On its main altar, there is a depiction of “Our Lady of the Rosary,” dated 1886 and signed by Consoli Pinse.
