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  • Qanawat

  • Qanawat

    Qanawat, Ancient Canatha, is a village in Syria located 7 km northeast of al-Suwayda. It contains many monuments dating back to the Roman era. Among them are a Roman bridge and a rock-hewn theatre, nymphaeum and aqueduct.
    Archaeological Site
    Qanawat
    by Gianfranco Gazzetti / GAR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Qanawat
    by Gianfranco Gazzetti / GAR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Qanawat
    by Odilia, GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or FAL, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Qanawat

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    Historic Cities and Regions

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    Syria

    As-Suwayda

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    3rd Century BC

    Hellenistic

    Roman + Islamic

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    Roman & Islamic Monuments

     

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