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Kafr Nabo
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Kafr Nabo
Kafr Nabo, located 29 km west of Aleppo, is an Assyrian settlement of the 9th century BC and the site of an Roman temple which was converted into a church. There are also well-preserved residential buildings from the fifth and sixth centuries AD. The site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of Ancient Villages of Northern Syria in 2011.
Site Information
Country: Syria
District: Aleppo Governorate
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: First Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Assyrian
Later Cultures: Roman + Byzantine
Site Features: Byzantine Monuments
World Heritage Site
Part of: Ancient Villages of Northern Syria
Date of Inscription: 2011
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