Dura-Europos

Dura-Europos was a Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman border city built on an escarpment 90 metres above the southwestern bank of the river. It is located near the village of Salhiyé, in present-day .
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of around 220 metres (730 feet)
  • Description: ancient Syrian city
  • Also known as
    “al Athar (the ruins)”
    “alsuwr (the wall)”
    “Aş Şālihīyah”
    “Dura”
    “Dura Nicanoris”
    “Dura-Europus”
    “Europos”
    “Europus”
    “Mint of Dura-Europus”
    “Qal‘at aş Şāliḩīyah”
    “Qal‘at es Sālihīye”
    “Salahiye”
    “Şālḩīyah”
    “Sâlhîye”
    “Şāliḩīyah”

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Dura-Europos synagogue and Temple of Zeus Theos.
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Synagogue
The was an ancient Jewish…
290 metres west of Dura-Europos
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Historic site
The at Dura Europos was built…
180 metres northeast of Dura-Europos
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Church
The Dura-Europos church is the earliest identified Christian house church.
320 metres southwest of Dura-Europos

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gharanij.
Town
is a town located in , .
3 km north of Dura-Europos

Dura-Europos

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Latitude
34.7479° or 34° 44′ 52″ north
Longitude
40.73003° or 40° 43′ 48″ east
Open location code
8H62PPXJ+52
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23197438
Open­Street­Map feature
historic = archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism = attraction
Geo­Names ID
172481
Wiki­data ID
Q464266

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Dura-Europos” goes by many names.
آثار الصالحيةArabic
الآثارArabic
الآثار ( الأطلال)Arabic
السورArabic
دوراArabic
دورا أوربوسArabic
دورا أوروبوسArabic
قلعة الصالحيةArabic
Դուրա ԵվրոպոսArmenian
Dura-AvroposAzerbaijani
Dura EuroposBasque
Дура ЕвропосBulgarian
Dura EuroposCatalan
杜拉-歐羅普斯Chinese
杜拉欧罗普斯Chinese
Dura-EuroposCroatian
Dura-EuropusCroatian
Dúra EuróposCzech
Dura-EuroposDanish
Doera-EuroposDutch
Doura-EuroposDutch
Dura EuroposDutch
Dura EuropusDutch
دورا اوربوسEgyptian Arabic
Dura EuroposEsperanto
Dura-EuroposEstonian
Dura EuroposFinnish
Doura EuroposFrench
Dura EuroposFrench
Europos-DouraFrench
Doura EuroposGerman
Dura EuroposGerman
Qal’at es-SalihiyeGerman
Δούρα ΕυρωπόςGreek
דורה אורופוסHebrew
דורה אירופוסHebrew
Dura-EuróposzHungarian
Dura-EuroposIndonesian
DouraItalian
Doura EuroposItalian
Doura EuropusItalian
Dura EuroposItalian
エウロポスの砦Japanese
ドゥラ・エウローポスJapanese
ドゥラ・エウロポスJapanese
Dwra-EwroposKazakh
Дура — ЕуропосKazakh
دۋرا-ەۋروپوسKazakh
두라 에우로포스Korean
살히예Korean
Dūra-EiropaLatvian
Dura EuropasLithuanian
ഡുറാ യുറോപ്പോസ്Malayalam
Dura EuroposNorwegian
Dura EuroposNorwegian Bokmål
Qalat as-SalihiyaNorwegian Bokmål
SalhiyéNorwegian Bokmål
دوراPersian
دورا-اروپوسPersian
دورا-یوروپوسPersian
As-SalihijjaPolish
Dura EuroposPolish
Kalat as-SalihijjaPolish
Dura EuropoPortuguese
Dura EuroposPortuguese
Dura-EuroposRomanian
Дура-ЕвропRussian
Дура-ЕвропосRussian
Дура-ЭвропосRussian
Дура ЕуропосSerbian
Dura EuroposSerbo-Croatian
Dura-EuropusSerbo-Croatian
Dura - EuroposSlovenian
Dura-EvroposSlovenian
Kan KalesiSlovenian
Dura EuroposSpanish
Dura-EuroposSwedish
Dura-EuropusSwedish
Dura EuroposTurkish
Дура-ЕвропосUkrainian
دوار آروبوسUrdu
Dura-yevroposUzbek

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