Tartus Museum

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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: former Catholic cathedral in Tartus, Syria
  • Also known as: “Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa” and “متحف طرطوس”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tartus Port.

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is situated 2½ km north of Tartus Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tartous and Arwad.

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Tartus, an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast of , is the second largest port in Syria after and had a population of 115,769 in the 2004 census before the civil war.

Village
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, the classical Aradus, is a town in on an eponymous island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative center of the Subdistrict, of which it is the only locality. is situated 4½ km southwest of Tartus Museum.

Tartus Museum

Latitude
34.89176° or 34° 53′ 30″ north
Longitude
35.87855° or 35° 52′ 43″ east
Open location code
8G6QVVRH+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 160475413
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q1749276
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Tartus Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية طرطوس”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Աստվածածին տաճար (Տարտուս)”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Աստվածածին տաճար”
  • Catalan: “Catedral de Nostra Senyora de Tortosa”
  • Dutch: “Kathedraal van Tartous”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية سيدة طرطوس”
  • French: “cathédrale Notre-Dame de Tortose”
  • French: “Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Tortose”
  • German: “Unsere Liebe Frau von Tortosa”
  • Hindi: “कैथेड्रल ऑफ अवर लेडी ऑफ टोर्टोसा”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Nostra Signora di Tortosa”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Nostra Signora di Tortosa”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Tartús”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Tortosa”
  • Turkish: “Tartus Meryem Ana Katedrali”
  • Ukrainian: “Собор Богоматері Тортоса”
  • Ukrainian: “Тартуський собор”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include كنيسة السيدة الأثرية طرطوس and متحف طرطوس.

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