Babylon camp gate
Babylon camp gate is a ticket shop in Al-Musayab District, Babil Governorate which is located on شارع منتجع بابل. Babylon camp gate is situated nearby to the hot spring العبارة, as well as near the meadow منتجع بابل السياحي.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Babylon and Ishtar Gate.
Babylon
Photo: Edwin Long, Public domain.
Babylon is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Iraq, today only ruins; it was once one of the most prominent cities of Ancient Mesopotamia. Alexander the Great chose Babylon to be the capital of the great empire he had created, and died there while planning further conquests; for several centuries after that it was a major center of the Seleucid Empire founded by one of his generals.
Ishtar Gate
City gate
Photo: rictor-and-david, CC BY 2.0.
The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city wall of Babylon. It was constructed c. 569 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. Ishtar Gate is situated 440 metres east of Babylon camp gate.
Esagila
Archaeological site
The Ésagila or Esangil was a temple dedicated to Marduk, the protector god of Babylon. It lay south of the ziggurat Etemenanki. Esagila is situated 760 metres south of Babylon camp gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hillah.
Hillah
Babylon camp gate
- Type: Ticket shop
- Address: شارع منتجع بابل
- Category: shop
- Location: Al-Musayab District, Babil Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.54032° or 32° 32′ 25″ northLongitude
44.41948° or 44° 25′ 10″ eastOpen location code
8H46GCR9+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 7248398790OpenStreetMap feature
shop=ticket
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