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  • Babisqa

  • Babisqa

    Babisqa, also known as babiska, was an early Byzantine settlement and trading center in the area of the Dead Cities in northwestern Syria. The site contains the last Byzantine church of northern Syria, which was inaugurated in 610 AD. Babisqa was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of Ancient Villages of Northern Syria in 2011.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Ancient Villages of Northern Syria.
    World Heritage Site
    Babisqa
    by Frank Kidner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Babisqa

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    2011

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Syria

    Idlib

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    5th Century AD

    Byzantine

    Byzantine

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    Byzantine Monuments

     

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