Dead Cities
The Dead Cities are a dispersed collection of world heritage-listed in Northwestern Syria. These Roman and Early Christian towns towns once formed part of Antioch. They have long since been abandoned but make an interesting stop for tourists.
- Type: archaeological site
- Description: group of abandoned settlements in northwest Syria
- Also known as: “Ancient Villages of Northern Syria”, “ciutats mortes”, “Dode steden in Syrie”, “Dodensteden in Syrie”, “Dodensteden in Syrië”, “Forgotten Cities”, “Forladte byer i Nordvestsyrien fra senromersk og tidlig byzantinsk tid”, “Oude dorpen van Noord-Syrië”, “památky, zapsané na seznam Světového dědictví UNESCO”, “Pozabljena mesta”, “Qytetet e harruar”, “Starodavne vasi na severu Sirije”, “Wymarłe Miasta”, “Zapomniane Miasta”, “Νεκρές πόλεις”, “Ξεχασμένες πόλεις”, “Античните селища на Северна Сирия”, “ჩრდილოეთ სირიის ძველი სოფლები”, “المدن الميتة”, “ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܛܥܝܢܝܢ”, “ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܛܥܝܢܬܐ”, “ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܡܝܬܝܢ”, and “シリア北部の古村落群”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Church of Saint Simeon Stylites.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Daret Izza.
Dead Cities
- Category: abandoned village
- Location: Northwestern Syria, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.3333° or 36° 20′ north
Longitude
36.8333° or 36° 50′ east
Open location code
8G8R8RMM+88
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Dead Cities” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Qytetet e Vdekur”
- Albanian: “Qytetet e vdekura”
- Arabic: “المدن المنسية”
- Basque: “Iparraldeko Siriako antzinako herrixkak”
- Bengali: “মৃত শহরসমূহ”
- Bulgarian: “Антични селища в Северна Сирия”
- Bulgarian: “Древни села в Северна Сирия”
- Catalan: “Antigues ciutats del nord de Síria”
- Central Kurdish: “شارە لەبیرکراوەکان”
- Chinese: “叙利亚北部古村落群”
- Croatian: “Antička sela sjeverne Sirije”
- Czech: “Zaniklá sídla v severní Sýrii”
- Dagbani: “Dead Cities”
- Danish: “Døde byer”
- Dutch: “Dode steden in Syrië”
- Fanti: “Owu Nkurow Akɛse”
- Farefare: “Dead Cities”
- French: “Villages antiques du Nord de la Syrie”
- Galician: “Cidades mortas”
- Georgian: “მკვდარი ქალაქები”
- German: “Tote Städte”
- Greek: “Αρχαία χωριά της βόρειας Συρίας”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Χωριά της Βόρειας Συρίας”
- 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”
- Korean: “북시리아의 고대 마을”
- Korean: “시리아 북부의 고대 촌락”
- Lithuanian: “Senoviniai šiaurės Sirijos kaimai”
- Maithili: “मृत सहरसभ”
- Maltese: “Villaġġi Antiki tat-Tramuntana tas-Sirja”
- Mossi: “Dead Cities”
- Nepali: “मृत सहरहरू”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܡܝܬܬܐ”
- Panjabi: “ਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ”
- Persian: “شهر فراموش شده”
- Persian: “شهر فراموششده”
- Polish: “Martwe miasta”
- Portuguese: “Cidades Mortas”
- Russian: “Древние деревни Северной Сирии”
- Serbian: “Древна села северне Сирије”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Drevna sela sjeverne Sirije”
- Slovenian: “Mrtva mesta”
- 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”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dayr Sim`an and Refade.
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