Androna

Androna
Arabic: الأندرين
Remains of a large church from west of Androna
Shown within Syria
Alternative nameAl-Andarin
LocationSyria
RegionAleppo Governorate
Coordinates35°32′00″N 37°21′39″E / 35.533248°N 37.360827°E / 35.533248; 37.360827
Site notes
Excavation dates1905 – ongoing
ArchaeologistsH.C. Butler (1905)
R. Mouterde, A. Poidebard (1930)
Marges Arides
Syrian Department of Antiquities director Dr. R. Ugdeh
University of Heidelberg director Prof. C. Strube
University of Oxford director Dr. Marlia Mango

Androna, also known as al-Andarin (Arabic: الأندرين), is a Byzantine site spread over a vast area at the edges of the semi-desert, about 25 kilometers beyond the more well-known Byzantine site of Qasr Ibn Wardan.