Merv
Merv is an old city on the Silk Road 35 km east of the modern city of Mary in the Mary Province of Turkmenistan. There is a state park for the old city center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Type: archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Turkmenistan
- Also known as: “Alejandria de Margiana”, “Alejandría de Margiana”, “Aleksandria Margiańska”, “Alessandria in Margiana”, “Alexandria de Margiana”, “Alexandrie de Margiane”, “Antioquia Margiana”, “Ciutat de Merw”, “Margu”, “Margush”, “Marw al-Shahidjan”, “Merve Oasis”, “Parque nacional histórico e cultural da ‘merv antiga’”, “Αλεξάνδρεια η επί του Μάργου”, “Αντιόχεια η Μαργιανή”, “Гяур-кала”, “Мерв Древний”, “ماري”, “مدينة مرو”, “مرگوش”, “مرگیان”, “موئورو”, “마르브”, “메르부”, “マルヴ”, “メルヴ”, “メルフ”, “メルブ”, “木鹿”, “木鹿地區”, “马兰城”, “马雷”, and “麻里兀”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Gurbanguly Hajy Mosque and Mary Provincial Regional and History Museum.
Mary Provincial Regional and History Museum
Museum
Mary History Museum is a history museum of Mary, Turkmenistan, located in the center of the city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mary and Mollanepes.
Merv
- Category: ancient city
- Location: Mary Province, Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.6° or 37° 36′ north
Longitude
61.86° or 61° 51′ 36″ east
Open location code
8J93HVX6+X2
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Merv” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مرو الشاهجان”
- Armenian: “Մերվ”
- Azerbaijani: “Mərv”
- Bashkir: “Мерв”
- Basque: “Merv”
- Belarusian: “Мерв”
- Bengali: “মার্ভ”
- Bengali: “মার্ভ”
- Bulgarian: “Мерв”
- Catalan: “Merv”
- Chinese: “梅尔夫”
- Chinese: “梅爾夫”
- Croatian: “Merv”
- Czech: “Merv”
- Danish: “Merv”
- Dutch: “Merv”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرو الشاجان”
- Esperanto: “Merv”
- Finnish: “Merv”
- French: “Merv”
- Galician: “Merv”
- Georgian: “მერვი”
- German: “Merw”
- Greek: “Μερβ”
- Hebrew: “מרב העתיקה”
- Hindi: “मर्व”
- Hungarian: “Merv”
- Indonesian: “Marw”
- Italian: “Merv”
- Japanese: “メルブ遺跡”
- Kazakh: “Merv”
- Kazakh: “Мерв”
- Kazakh: “مەرۆ”
- Kirghiz: “Мерв”
- Korean: “메르브”
- Latin: “Alexandria Margiana”
- Latvian: “Merva”
- Lithuanian: “Mervas”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Merv”
- Macedonian: “Мерв”
- Maithili: “प्राचीन मर्भ राज्य एतिहासिक आ सांस्कृतिक निकुञ्ज”
- Malay: “Merv”
- Malayalam: “മെർവ്”
- Maltese: “Merv”
- Mazanderani: “مرو”
- Moksha: “Мэрв”
- Nepali: ““प्राचीन मर्भ” राज्य एतिहासिक र सांस्कृतिक निकुञ्ज”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Merv”
- Norwegian: “Merv”
- Panjabi: “ਮਰਵ”
- Persian: “مرو”
- Polish: “Antiochia Margiańska”
- Portuguese: “Marve”
- Portuguese: “Merv”
- Romanian: “Merv”
- Russian: “Мерв”
- Scots: “Merv”
- Serbian: “Merv”
- Serbian: “Мерв”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Merv”
- Slovenian: “Merv”
- South Azerbaijani: “مرو”
- Spanish: “Merv”
- Swedish: “Merv”
- Tajik: “Марв”
- Tatar: “Мәрв каласы археологик аланы”
- Turkish: “Merv”
- Turkmen: “Merw”
- Tuvinian: “Мерв”
- Ukrainian: “Мерв”
- Urdu: “مرو”
- Uzbek: “Marv”
- Vietnamese: “Merv”
- Waray (Philippines): “Merv”
- Western Frisian: “Merv”
- Wu Chinese: “梅尔夫”
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