Damascus
settlement · 1344 BC – 2000 AD
The ancient city of Damascus, located in modern Syria, with some 125 monuments dating back to the Roman period. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
- Coordinates
- 33.51161, 36.30910
- Also known as
- Colonia D., Colonia Damascena (ka), Damas (fra), Damasco (spa), Damascos (grc), Damaskene, Damaskos (grc), Damasku (sqi), Damaskus (af), Damaskus (de), Damaspo (la), Damaspo (la), Damaszek (pol), Damešeq, Dammeseq, Dammeśeq, Dammeseq, Dammešeq, Dammesheq, Damešeq, Damesheq (hbo), Dammešeq, Dammesheq, Demetrias (grc), Dimašq aš-Šām, Dimašq, Dimashq, Dimashk (arb), Dimašqa, Dimashqa, Dimašqi, Dimašqu (akk), Dimašqāja, Dimašqāya (akk), Dimmašqa (akk), Dimạšq, Dismašq, Domás (an), Dımaşḳ-ı Şām,Dimashḳ-i Sham (ota), Dəməşq (az), ash-Sham (ara), aš-Šam, aš-Šām, ash-Sham, esh-Sham, eš-Šām, Sham (arb), dmšq (arc), Ša imērīšu, Sha imerishu (akk), Šām, Δαμασκὸς (grc), Дамаск (be), Димишкъ (av), Димәшҡ (ba), דַּמֶּשֶׂק (heb)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0© OpenHistoricalMap contributors
- OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0© OpenHistoricalMap contributors
- OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0© OpenHistoricalMap contributors
- iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BYiDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)