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Monumental Arch of Palmyra

a Pleiades place resource

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The Monumental Arch of Palmyra was a third-century CE arched gateway built at Palmyra. Terrorists of the so-called Islamic State destroyed it in 2015.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/628331928

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
34.549848, 38.2709909

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Triumphal Arch (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Arch of Palmyra (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Monumental Arch of Palmyra makes connections with:

Monumental Arch of Palmyra located at Palmyra (unspecified date range)

Monumental Arch of Palmyra receives connections from:

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Place type:
arch

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Wikipedia (English) Monumental Arch of Palmyra

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Monumental Arch of Palmyra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/628331928> [accessed: 15 January 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/628331928 |title=Places: 628331928 (Monumental Arch of Palmyra) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=January 15, 2026 7:55 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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