Busra al-Sham

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ancient city archaeological site

Busra al-Sham is an ancient city in southern Syria renowned for its well-preserved Roman theater and extensive archaeological remains.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ancientName Bostra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bostra Nova Trajana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bostra Traiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Byzantine period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
early Islamic period ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalLayer Ayyubid period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Byzantine period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nabataean period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
Umayyad period NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Ayyubid citadel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Byzantine churches NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nabataean city remains ⓘ
Roman theatre of Bosra NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient baths ⓘ
cardo maximus ⓘ
cathedral of Bosra ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
decumanus ⓘ
early Islamic mosques ⓘ
market streets ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
heritageStatus World Heritage in Danger NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor blend of Nabataean, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic monuments ⓘ
extensive archaeological remains ⓘ
well-preserved Roman theatre ⓘ
locatedIn Daraa Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsedInMonuments black basalt stone ⓘ
modernFunction small town with surrounding agricultural lands ⓘ
onAncientRoute Roman road network in the Levant ⓘ
trade routes between Arabia and Damascus ⓘ
partOf Hauran region NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionLanguage Arabic ⓘ
religiousSignificance early Christian center ⓘ
important Islamic site on pilgrimage routes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1980 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Nabataean Kingdom (under Roman rule) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman province of Arabia Petraea NERFINISHED ⓘ
WorldHeritageInDangerSince 2013 ⓘ

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southern Syria → hasCity → Busra al-Sham ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Syria