Silpium

Silpium is the ancient mountain above Antioch on the Orontes where Io, the daughter of Inachus, dies of grief in the version of the Greek myth preserved by the Syrian historian Ioannis Malalas. In modern Turkish, it is called Habib-i Neccar Dağı.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 439 metres
  • Description: ancient mountain above Syrian Antioch (Antakya, Turkey)
  • Also known as: “Habib-i Neccar Dağı”, “Nacar Dagi”, “Nacar Dağı”, “Silpion”, and “Silpius”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of Saint Peter and Habib-i Nejjar Mosque.

Cave
Photo: Volkan, CC BY 2.5.
The near , is composed of a carved into the mountainside on Mount Starius with a depth of 13 m, a width of 9.5 m and a height of 7 m.

Mosque
Photo: GrandEscogriffe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a historical mosque in Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey named after Habib the Carpenter. The mosque is to the east of . The mosque was severely damaged by earthquakes in February 2023.

Mosque
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Antakya and Küçükdalyan.

Photo: Volkanh, CC BY-SA 2.5.
, also known as Antioch, or more specifically Antioch-on-the-Orontes, is the capital of , which was annexed by Turkey after almost two decades of French rule in 1939.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 10,600. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 155 km2, and its population is 165,494. The district was created in 2013 from parts of the former central district of Hatay and the district of .

Silpium

Latitude
36.19931° or 36° 11′ 58″ north
Longitude
36.17893° or 36° 10′ 44″ east
Elevation
439 metres (1,440 feet)
Open location code
8G8R55XH+PH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8665682249
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
438091
Wiki­data ID
Q7515566
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Satellite Map

Discover Silpium from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Venetian—“Silpium” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σίλπιον ὄρος”
  • Cebuano: “Nacar Dağı”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل النجار”
  • French: “Silpium”
  • German: “Habib-i Neccar Dağı”
  • German: “Nacar Dağı”
  • German: “Silpion”
  • German: “Silpios”
  • German: “Silpium”
  • German: “Silpius”
  • Ladin: “Silpium”
  • Turkish: “Habib-i Neccar Dağı”
  • Turkish: “Nacar Dağı”
  • Venetian: “Nacar Dağı”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Aydınlıkevler and Kardeşler.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Antakya Manzara and Cave and masjid of Saint Habib Neccar.

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