Temple of Al-Lat at Palmyra

temple · 330 BC – 640 AD

A temple sacred to the goddess Al-Lat in Palmyra. The earliest shrine on the site was constructed in the mid-first century BCE, and was greatly expanded during the second century CE. The temple was closed and its altar destroyed during the 380s CE.

Coordinates

34.55492, 38.26166

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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