Palmyra archaeological site

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World Heritage Site ancient city archaeological site ruined city

The Palmyra archaeological site is an ancient desert city in central Syria renowned for its monumental Greco-Roman and Persian-influenced ruins and its former status as a key caravan hub on the Silk Road.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Palmyra archaeological site canonical 3
Palmyra archaeological complex 1
UNESCO World Heritage Site Palmyra 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ruined city ⓘ
addedToWorldHeritageInDangerList 2013 ⓘ
ancientName Palmyra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tadmor NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Queen Zenobia NERFINISHED ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 34.548 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 38.273 ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
culture Palmyrene culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 1st century AD ⓘ
2nd century AD ⓘ
3rd century AD ⓘ
foundedInCentury 2nd millennium BC ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Jabal al-Hayyal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jabal al-Muntar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palmyra oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStructure Agora of Palmyra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diocletian’s Camp NERFINISHED ⓘ
Great Colonnade of Palmyra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman theatre at Palmyra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Temple of Baalshamin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Temple of Bel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tetrapylon of Palmyra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valley of the Tombs NERFINISHED ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
funerary temples ⓘ
monumental arch ⓘ
tower tombs ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionsInLanguage Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Palmyrene Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Greco-Roman architecture ⓘ
Persian-influenced architecture ⓘ
caravan trade ⓘ
monumental ruins ⓘ
oasis city ⓘ
locatedIn Homs Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syrian Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
central Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearSettlement Tadmur NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Palmyrene Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPracticed Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
Semitic religion ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ
significantEvent destruction by ISIS in 2015 ⓘ
recapture by Syrian government forces in 2016 ⓘ
threatenedBy armed conflict in Syria ⓘ
illegal antiquities trade ⓘ
looting ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1980 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCriteria i ⓘ
ii ⓘ
iv ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInDanger true ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 23 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums → protects → Palmyra archaeological site ⓘ
Temple of Bel → partOf → Palmyra archaeological site ⓘ
Great Colonnade of Palmyra → partOf → Palmyra archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site of Palmyra
Great Colonnade of Palmyra → connects → Palmyra archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: monumental arch of Palmyra
Valley of the Tombs → partOf → Palmyra archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palmyra archaeological complex
Valley of the Tombs → partOf → Palmyra archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Palmyra
Roman theatre of Palmyra → partOf → Palmyra archaeological site ⓘ