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Damascus

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified Dec 09, 2023 10:17 AM History
The ancient city of Damascus, located in modern Syria, with some 125 monuments dating back to the Roman period. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678106

33.511612, 36.309102

settlement

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 D2 Damascus

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Dimashq/Damascus Ghuta SYR

 
Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 under criteria i, ii, iii, iv, and vi of UNESCO's World Heritage List Operational Guidelines.

Specific archaeological components include:

    • Some 125 monuments from the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic periods
    • The Great Mosque of the Umayyads, built in 8th century AD on the site of an Assyrian sanctuary
    • The Old City of Damascus, which is considered to be among the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world
    • The city itself is based on a Roman plan and maintains the aspect and orientation of the Greek city
    • Remains of the Roman Temple of Jupiter

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E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Damascus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678106> [accessed: 29 March 2024]

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