Syriai Pylai

natural · 550 BC – 2100 AD

Syriai Pylai (Belen Pass) is a narrow pass through the Nur Mountains. This may be the location at which Alexander the Great pursued Achaemenid King Darius III after the Battle of Issus.

Coordinates

36.47950, 36.23200

Also known as

Belen Gecidi (tr), Belen Geçidi (tr), Belen Pass (en), Belen Pass (en), Syrian Gates (en), Syrian Gates (en), Συρίαι πύλαι (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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