Qasr al Heir Gharbi
Qasr al Heir Gharbi is a dam in Homs Governorate, Syria. Qasr al Heir Gharbi is situated nearby to the locality Qasr al Hayr al Gharbi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Qasr al Hayr al Gharbi
Locality
Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi is a Syrian desert castle or qasr located 80 km south-west of Palmyra on the Damascus road. The castle is a twin palace of Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi, built by the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik in 727 CE.
Qasr al Heir Gharbi
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Syria
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Qasr al Heir Gharbi” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Qasr al Heir Gharbi”
- Swedish: “Qasr al Heir Gharbi”
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