Mother of God chapel (Old Maronite partiarchal siege)

The Mother of God chapel, known also as Our Lady el-Hamra, is located on the south side of the sanctuary, from which only the modern road separates it. It is one of the best preserved chapels on the site, the walls of its nave being almost completely preserved. Before it's recent restoration in 2017-2018, its protruding apse has almost completely disappeared. The volume of the chapel is 16.75 m long with a width which varies between 7.95 m and 8.50 m. With a few exceptions, all of its walls are built with brown limestone blocks. The south and west walls were the best preserved. The western wall is built with medium-sized blocks. A door 1.25 m wide opens in that wall. As for the south wall, 1.25 m thick it is placed on a sort of foundation formed by a course of squared blocks which extends beyond the limit of the wall itself towards the exterior of 'approximately 0.10 to 0.20 m. The lower courses of the wall are built with medium-sized blocks, some of which, in gray limestone, come from the nearby Roman sanctuary. A single window opens on the east side of this wall. The interior of the chapel’s nave is 12.80 m long for a width of about 6m. Its coverage, which should have originally made of a barrel vault with a terraced roof, have been recently restored as a double pitched roof covered with red tiles. 

• Route : Maronite major spiritual - Patriarchal Circuit
• Village : Yanouh