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  • Hama

  • Hama

    Hama, Ancient Epiphania, is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It's history is dating back to the Chalcolithic period circa 4000 BC. The city is renowned for its seventeen norias used for watering the gardens, which are locally claimed to date back to 1100 BC. The Norias of Hama were added to UNESCO tentative list in 1999.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Norias of Hama.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Hama
    by Effi Schweizer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    Hama
    by Bernard Gagnon, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Hama
    by Gianfranco Gazzetti / GAR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 294 m

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    Hama

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    1999

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Syria

    Hama

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    Fourth Millennium BC

    Bronze Age

    Mixed

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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