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Temple of Bel

ruins of a temple to Bel located in Palmyra, Syria
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Summary

Temple of Bel is a temple[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,852 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tadmur[3], Homs Governorate[4]
  • Country: Syria[5]
  • Instance of: archaeological site[6], ruins[7]
  • Made from material: stone[8]
  • Part of: Palmyra[9]
  • Commons category: Temple of Baal in Palmyra[10]
  • Start time: 17[11]
  • End time: August 2015[12]
  • Dedicated to: Marduk[13]
  • Different from: Temple of Baalshamin[14], Temple of Bêl[15]
  • Area: 0.36 ha[16]
  • Category for the interior of the item: Category:Interior of the Temple of Baal in Palmyra[17]
  • Category for the exterior of the item: Category:Exterior of the complex of the Temple of Baal[18]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of the Temple of Baal in Palmyra[19]

Why It Matters

Temple of Bel has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Syria Tadmur

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . derstandard.at. derstandard.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . derstandard.at. derstandard.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 34
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||fa, eo */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  2. 8w ago · Arcyon37 · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    End time → +2015-08-00T00:00:00Z
    Part of → —
    Category for the interior of the item → Category:Interior of the Temple of Baal in Palmyra
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Tadmur, Homs Governorate
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Digital atlas of the roman empire id: 21092"
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