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  • Sidon

  • Sidon

    Sidon, or Saida, Sayda, is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate of Lebanon. Sidon was one of the most important Phoenician cities, and it may have been the oldest.The city contains Sidon Sea Castle, built by the Crusaders in 1228 AD.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Historic Center of Saida.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Sidon
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    Sidon
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    Sidon
    by MARTYR-92, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Sidon

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2019

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Lebanon

    South

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    Second Millennium BC

    Phoenician

    Mixed

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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