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  • Dura Europos

  • Dura Europos

    Dura-Europos, Al-Salihiya was a Hellenistic, Parthian and Roman border city built on an escarpment above the right bank of the Euphrates river. It is located in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. The city was founded in 303 BC with the name Dura by the Seleucids on the intersection of an east-west trade route and the trade route along the Euphrates.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Dura Europos.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Dura Europos
    by Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
    Dura Europos
    by Heretiq (assumed), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
    Dura Europos
    by Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 222 m

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    Dura Europos

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    1999

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Syria

    Deir ez-Zor

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    4th Century BC

    Hellenistic

    Hellenistic + Parthian + Roman

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    Roman Monuments

     

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