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Dead Cities

group of abandoned settlements in northwest Syria
Place archaeological_site Q393841

Facts

14 properties

Designation

Instance of
archaeological site, abandoned village[3]
Heritage designation
World Heritage Site[20]

Location

Country
Syria[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 36.334°, 36.844°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Syria[1]

Period and style

Significant event
list of World Heritage in Danger[19]
More facts +8
Area
+12290[22]
Culture
Byzantine Empire[24]
Has part(s)
Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Serjilla, Bara, Basufan, Barisha, Qalb Loze, Barad, Cyrrhus, Turmanin, Banabil, Kafr Aruq, Kafr Dariyan, Babuline, Hazarin, Jarada, Maghara, Shinan, Farkya, Ein Laruz, Ebla, Deir Sunbul, Al-Dana, Sarmada, Al-Dana[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Located in/on physical feature
Limestone Massif[18]
Native label
المدن المنسية[21]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Whindanger[28]
Time period
Late antiquity[23]
World Heritage criteria
(iii), (iv), (v)[25][26][27]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ancient Villages of Northern Syria en Dead Cities en Forgotten Cities ar المدن المنسية ar المدن الميتة cs Zaniklá sídla v severní Sýrii cs památky, zapsané na seznam Světového dědictví UNESCO da Forladte byer i Nordvestsyrien fra senromersk og tidlig byzantinsk tid da Døde byer de Tote Städte el Ξεχασμένες πόλεις el Αρχαία Χωριά της Βόρειας Συρίας el Νεκρές πόλεις es Aldeas antiguas del norte de Siria fa شهر فراموش شده fr Villages antiques du Nord de la Syrie he הכפרים העתיקים בצפון סוריה hu Holt városok id Kota-kota Mati it Antichi villaggi della Siria settentrionale
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview of St. Simeons from the North Syria.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/05_0pt
Orthodox Encyclopedia ID
2563160
Quora topic ID
Dead-Cities
Topic's main category
Category:Dead Cities
World Heritage Site ID
1348

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 24
Ebla, Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Bara, Cyrrhus, Qalb Loze, Al-Dana, Barisha, Serjilla +16 more
Has these parts 6
Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Bara, Qalb Loze, Serjilla, Jarada, Qirqbize
Instance of 2
archaeological site, abandoned village
Country 1
Syria
Culture 1
Byzantine Empire
Heritage designation 1
World Heritage Site
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Syria
Located in/on physical feature 1
Limestone Massif
Significant event 1
list of World Heritage in Danger
Time period 1
Late antiquity
Topic's main category 1
Category:Dead Cities
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  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . World Heritage Site. Retrieved . whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · PGS 1984 · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Overview of St. Simeons from the North Syria.jpg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Serjilla 01.jpg"
  2. 11w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Syria
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 36.33416667, 'lon': 36.84416667}
    Has parts → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+12290'}
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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