UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient City of Aleppo)

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site historic city

The UNESCO World Heritage Site "Ancient City of Aleppo" is a historic urban center in northern Syria renowned for its millennia-old architecture, bustling souks, and cultural significance, much of which has been severely damaged during recent conflicts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient City of Aleppo) canonical 1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of the Ancient City of Aleppo) 1
UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Aleppo 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
historic city ⓘ
addedToListInDanger 2013 ⓘ
area approximately 350 hectares ⓘ
bufferZoneArea approximately 150 hectares ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
culturalSignificance example of traditional Arab city ⓘ
meeting point of diverse cultures and religions ⓘ
damageStatus severely damaged during Syrian conflict ⓘ
functionedAs major trading hub ⓘ
governedBy Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums ⓘ
surface form: Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums of Syria
hasHistorySince at least 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
hasPart Citadel of Aleppo ⓘ
Great Mosque of Aleppo ⓘ
Khan al-Gumruk ⓘ
Khan al-Wazir ⓘ
covered souks of Aleppo ⓘ
historic residential quarters ⓘ
heritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
heritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
inscribedBy UNESCO ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1986 ⓘ
knownFor Islamic architecture ⓘ
caravanserais ⓘ
historic urban fabric ⓘ
medieval citadel ⓘ
mosques and madrasas ⓘ
residential courtyard houses ⓘ
traditional souks ⓘ
languageOfLocalPopulation Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Aleppo ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Syria ⓘ
locatedOn Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road network

historic trade routes between Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean ⓘ
partOf historic city of Aleppo ⓘ
periodOfSignificance Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Ayyubid period

Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
Mamluk period ⓘ
Ottoman period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
recognizedBy World Heritage Committee ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Committee
religiousHeritage Christian ⓘ
Islamic ⓘ
Jewish ⓘ
threats armed conflict ⓘ
looting and illegal excavations ⓘ
shelling and bombardment ⓘ
uncontrolled urban development ⓘ
UNESCOSiteID 21 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageList UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage List
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage in Danger

Referenced by (3)

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

Aleppo → heritageStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient City of Aleppo) ⓘ
Great Mosque of Aleppo → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient City of Aleppo) ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of the Ancient City of Aleppo)
Al-Madina Souq → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient City of Aleppo) ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Aleppo