Palmyra, Homs Governorate, Syria

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Palmyra,_Homs_Governorate,_Syria
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:archaeologicalExcavationsSince 1920s
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite yes
gptkbp:coordinates 34.5481°N 38.2760°E
gptkbp:dateOfReconquest 2016
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:ISIS
2015
gptkbp:distanceFromBeirut 215 km northeast
gptkbp:distanceFromHoms 180 km east
gptkbp:foundedIn 2nd millennium BC
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkb:Palmyrene_Empire
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkb:Umayyad_Caliphate
gptkbp:hasInscription gptkb:UNESCO
gptkbp:heritageDesignation gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site
gptkb:World_Heritage_in_Danger
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Tadmor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Palmyra, Homs Governorate, Syria
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Roman
gptkb:Temple_of_Bel
ancient ruins
Greco-Roman architecture
monumental colonnade
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Palmyrene_Aramaic
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Syria
gptkb:Homs_Governorate
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Agora
gptkb:Diocletian's_Camp
gptkb:Great_Colonnade
gptkb:Temple_of_Baalshamin
gptkb:Tetrapylon
gptkb:Valley_of_the_Tombs
Funerary towers
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Queen_Zenobia
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Silk_Road
gptkbp:peakPeriod 1st to 3rd centuries AD
gptkbp:population abandoned
gptkbp:recapturedBy gptkb:Syrian_Army
gptkbp:region gptkb:Syrian_Desert
gptkbp:religion mythology
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Palmyra_(2015)
gptkb:Battle_of_Palmyra_(2016)
gptkbp:status ruins
gptkbp:UNESCO_Danger_List yes
gptkbp:UNESCO_Danger_List_since 2013
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 1980
yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Palmyra_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7