Old Town of Ghadamès

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Enes Yılandiloğlu

Last modified Mar 30, 2026 12:07 PM — History

tags: UWHS

The Old Town of Ghadamès was inscribed in 1986 as a UNESCO World Heritage site, but was de-populated throughout the 1990s. It is now listed on the List of World Heritage in Danger (2016).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/582667281

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
30.1329418116, 9.4973960497

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of Old Town of Ghadamès (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ġazzāmeş (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)

Old Town of Ghadamès makes connections with:

Old Town of Ghadamès located at Cidamus (unspecified date range)

Old Town of Ghadamès receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Old Town of Ghadamès: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/582667281> [accessed: 16 July 2026]

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