Qalaat al-Madiq

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Ryan Horne

Last modified Dec 14, 2020 04:35 AM — History

A town and medieval fortress in northwestern Syria adjacent to the site of ancient Apamea.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305879596

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.4200558637, 36.3926387447

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Qalaat al-Madiq (AD 640 - Present) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- قلعة المضيق‎ (Qalaat al-Madiq: Modern Standard Arabic)

Qalaat al-Madiq makes connections with:

Qalaat al-Madiq succeeds Pella/Apamea (unspecified date range)

Qalaat al-Madiq receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Qalaat al-Madiq

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Ryan Horne, 'Qalaat al-Madiq: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305879596> [accessed: 18 June 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305879596 |title=Places: 305879596 (Qalaat al-Madiq) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=June 18, 2025 11:57 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}