The Lady of the Valley ( ar, سيدة الوادي, ''Sayyidat al-Wadi'') is a

Marian Marian may refer to: People * Mari people, a Finno-Ugric ethnic group in Russia * Marian (given name), a list of people with the given name * Marian (surname), a list of people so named Places * Marian, Iran (disambiguation) * Marian, Queenslan ...

shrine inaugurated on 16 August 2009, located in Al-Nasirah,

Wadi al-Nasara Wadi al-Nasara ( ar, وادي النصارى / ALA-LC: ''Wādī an-Naṣārá'', Greek: Κοιλάδα των Χριστιανών, ''Koiláda ton Christianón'', which both mean "Valley of Christians") is an area in western Syria, close to the ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. The statue is built near the Lady of the Valley Church on top of ''Mount of the Pilgrim'' ( ar, جبل السائح, ''Jabal al-Sayeh''), which is dedicated to

Saint George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...

. The figure which stands on a base that brings its height to 30 metres (98 ft), at an altitude of 980 metres (3215 ft) above sea level; completed on 16 August 2009.

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