Middle East
Syria
NW Syria

Dead Cities

The Dead Cities are a dispersed collection of world heritage-listed in . These Roman and Early Christian towns towns once formed part of . They have long since been abandoned but make an interesting stop for tourists.
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  • Type: archaeological site
  • Description: group of abandoned settlements in northwest Syria
  • Also known as: “Ancient Villages of Northern Syria” and “Forgotten Cities”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of Saint Simeon Stylites.

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The is one of the oldest surviving church complexes, founded in the 5th century. It is located approximately 30 kilometres northwestern of , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Daret Izza.

Town
Darat Izza is a town in northern , administratively part of the , located 30 kilometres northwest of . Nearby localities include to the north, to the east and to the southwest.

Dead Cities

Latitude
36.3333° or 36° 20′ north
Longitude
36.8333° or 36° 50′ east
Open location code
8G8R8RMM+88
Wiki­data ID
Q393841
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Dead Cities” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Qytetet e harruar”
  • Albanian: “Qytetet e Vdekur”
  • Albanian: “Qytetet e vdekura”
  • Arabic: “المدن المنسية”
  • Arabic: “المدن الميتة”
  • Basque: “Iparraldeko Siriako antzinako herrixkak”
  • Bengali: “মৃত শহরসমূহ”
  • Bulgarian: “Антични селища в Северна Сирия”
  • Bulgarian: “Античните селища на Северна Сирия”
  • Bulgarian: “Древни села в Северна Сирия”
  • Catalan: “Antigues ciutats del nord de Síria”
  • Catalan: “ciutats mortes”
  • Central Kurdish: “شارە لەبیرکراوەکان”
  • Chinese: “叙利亚北部古村落群”
  • Croatian: “Antička sela sjeverne Sirije”
  • Croatian: “Drevna sela sjeverne Sirije”
  • Czech: “památky, zapsané na seznam Světového dědictví UNESCO”
  • Czech: “Zaniklá sídla v severní Sýrii”
  • Dagbani: “Dead Cities”
  • Danish: “Døde byer”
  • Danish: “Forladte byer i Nordvestsyrien fra senromersk og tidlig byzantinsk tid”
  • Dutch: “Dode steden in Syrie”
  • Dutch: “Dode steden in Syrië”
  • Dutch: “Dodensteden in Syrie”
  • Dutch: “Dodensteden in Syrië”
  • Dutch: “Oude dorpen van Noord-Syrië”
  • Fanti: “Owu Nkurow Akɛse”
  • Farefare: “Dead Cities”
  • French: “Villages antiques du Nord de la Syrie”
  • Georgian: “მკვდარი ქალაქები”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთ სირიის ძველი სოფლები”
  • German: “Tote Städte”
  • Greek: “Αρχαία χωριά της βόρειας Συρίας”
  • Greek: “Αρχαία Χωριά της Βόρειας Συρίας”
  • Greek: “Νεκρές πόλεις”
  • Greek: “Ξεχασμένες πόλεις”
  • Hebrew: “הכפרים העתיקים בצפון סוריה”
  • Hungarian: “Holt városok”
  • Indonesian: “Kota-kota Mati”
  • Italian: “Antichi villaggi della Siria settentrionale”
  • Japanese: “シリア北部の古代村落群”
  • Japanese: “シリア北部の古村落群”
  • Korean: “북시리아의 고대 마을”
  • Korean: “시리아 북부의 고대 촌락”
  • Maithili: “मृत सहरसभ”
  • Maltese: “Villaġġi Antiki tat-Tramuntana tas-Sirja”
  • Mossi: “Dead Cities”
  • Nepali: “मृत सहरहरू”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܛܥܝܢܝܢ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܛܥܝܢܬܐ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܡܝܬܝܢ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܡܝܬܬܐ”
  • Panjabi: “ਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ”
  • Persian: “شهر فراموش شده”
  • Persian: “شهر فراموش‌شده”
  • Polish: “Martwe miasta”
  • Polish: “Wymarłe Miasta”
  • Polish: “Zapomniane Miasta”
  • Portuguese: “Cidades Mortas”
  • Russian: “Древние деревни Северной Сирии”
  • Serbian: “Древна села северне Сирије”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Drevna sela sjeverne Sirije”
  • Slovenian: “Mrtva mesta”
  • Slovenian: “Pozabljena mesta”
  • Slovenian: “Starodavne vasi na severu Sirije”
  • Spanish: “Aldeas antiguas del norte de Siria”
  • Swedish: “Döda städerna”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Suriye’nin Antik Köyleri”
  • Twi: “Nkurow a Awuwu”
  • Ukrainian: “Стародавні міста Північної Сирії”
  • Vietnamese: “Làng cổ đại của miền Bắc Syria”

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