Ref. : RIVA_BOISOT_IRAK_314554

Title : Reconstrution du patrimoine de Mossoul - Monastere Mar Behnam

Caption : L'eglise du monastere de Mar Behnam de Khidr, a 35 kilometres au sud-est de Mossoul, a ete fortement endommagee par les djihadistes du groupe Etat Islamique qui y ont martele systematiquement toutes les inscriptions et les reliefs sculptes, dont le haut relief en stuc qui representait Mar Behnam a cheval terrassant le diable (a gauche sur la photo). Le 10/05/2023 /// The church of the Mar Behnam monastery in Khidr, 35 kilometers south-east of Mosul, was badly damaged by the jihadists of the Islamic State group who systematically hammered all the inscriptions and carved reliefs there, including the high stucco relief which represented Mar Behnam on horseback slaying the devil (on the left in the photo). On May 10, 2023 /// PHOTO Vincent Boisot pour Le Point

Photographer : Vincent Boisot

Date created : 10-05-2023

City : Al-Khidr

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Country : Irak

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