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Temple of the Winged Lions

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).

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tags: temple, extant remains, UWHS

The Temple of the Winged Lions is a colonnaded temple built in Petra in order to honor the Arabian goddess al-Uzza.

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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/777218560

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
30.3300979518, 35.4424041152

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Temple of the Winged Lions (140 BC - AD 226) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Temple of the Winged Lions (English, modern)

Temple of the Winged Lions makes connections with:

Temple of the Winged Lions located at Petra (unspecified date range)

Temple of the Winged Lions receives connections from:

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Place type:
temple

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Wikidata Q65069859: Temple of the Winged Lions

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Temple of the Winged Lions: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/777218560> [accessed: 18 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/777218560 |title=Places: 777218560 (Temple of the Winged Lions) |author=Becker, J., T. Elliott |accessdate=June 18, 2025 9:09 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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