Kafr Aqareb
Creators: Adam Prins
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/587486980
36.03459225, 36.44201335
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- Imagery Location: Kafr Aqareb (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 4 meters.
- OSM location of Kafr Aqareb (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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ruin, settlement, church, monastery (deprecated)
Pleiades
Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011 as part of the "Ancient Villages of Northern Syria" under criteria iii, iv, and v of UNESCO's World Heritage List Operational Guidelines.
Specific archaeological components include:
- A praetorium of the Roman headquarters
- A temple and grottoes for pagan worship
- A Byzantine basilica
- A large communal reservoir
- The surroundings contain vestiges of the Roman road that led to Antioch
Adam Prins, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Kafr Aqareb: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/587486980> [accessed: 25 April 2025]
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