Caravanserai – Museum, Apamea
[Buildings, Commercial Activity / Infrastructure]
Common name
Caravanserai – Museum, Apamea
Type
Type
Caravanserai.
Interest
Interest
Archaeological.
Interest
Architectural.
Open to public
Yes
Recent visit
5/11/2009
Other uses
Museum of antiquities
Date
1982
Description
After its restoration (1978-1982) the huge building was used as a museum in order to house mainly the rich collection of floor mosaics from Apamea and the wider area (most of them date to the 2nd-6th C. AD)
Key words
Caravans.
Caravanserai.
Early Byzantine period.
Greek mythology.
Hajj / Pilgrimage.
Infrastructure.
Inscription / inscriptions.
Late Antiquity.
Mosaic pavements.
Museum.
Orontes River.
Ottoman period.
Roman period, Imperial age.
Suleyman the Magnificent.
Syria NW.