Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Site of Palmyra' has mentioned 'Damascus' in the following places:
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| The city of Palmyra lies 215xc2xa0km (134xc2xa0mi) northeast of the Syrian capital, Damascus;[12] along with an expanded hinterland of several settlements, farms and forts, the city forms part of the region known as the Palmyrene. | WIKI |
| [41] Nearby are the Temple of Al-lxc4x81t and the Damascus Gate. | WIKI |
| [168] The restoration of the Lion of Al-lxc4x81t took two months and the statue was displayed on 1 October 2017; it will remain in the National Museum of Damascus. | WIKI |
| Palmyra was conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate after its 634 capture by the Muslim general Khalid ibn al-Walid, who took the city on his way to Damascus; an 18-day march by his army through the Syrian Desert from Mesopotamia. | WIKI |
| By the twelfth century, the population moved into the courtyard of the Temple of Bel which was fortified;[299] Palmyra was then ruled by Toghtekin, the Burid atabeg of Damascus, who appointed his nephew governor. | WIKI |
| [307] Palmyra was given to Toghtekin's grandson, Shihab-ud-din Mahmud,[307] who was replaced by governor Yusuf ibn Firuz when Shihab-ud-din Mahmud returned to Damascus after his father Taj al-Muluk Buri succeeded Toghtekin. | WIKI |
| [350] On 21 May, some artifacts were transported from the Palmyra museum to Damascus for safekeeping; a number of Greco-Roman busts, jewelry, and other objects looted from the museum have been found on the international market. | WIKI |
| An oasis in the Syrian desert, north-east of Damascus, Palmyra contains the monumental ruins of a great city that was one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (i): The splendour of the ruins of Palmyra, rising out of the Syrian desert north-east of Damascus is testament to the unique aesthetic achievement of a wealthy caravan oasis intermittently under the rule of Rome from the Ier to the 3rd century AD. | UNESCO |