Ancient City of Bosra

World Heritage

Syrian Arab Republic

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Once the capital of the Roman province of Arabia, Bosra was an important stopover on the ancient caravan route to Mecca. Within the city walls are a magnificent 2nd-century Roman theatre, early Christian ruins and several mosques.

# mosque

# City Wall

# Roman Province of Arabia

# Mecca Caravan Route

# 2nd century Roman theater

# Early Christian Sites

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A view of the citadel in Bosra (the theater is located inside)

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Nabatean (west) Gate of the ancient City of Bosra

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Roman mosaic from Bosra displaying a camel train

The Roman Theatre at Bosra, dating from the 2nd century AD

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Information extracted from Wikidata

elevation above sea level	850
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (i)
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (vi)
uses	4088737-6
country	Gironde
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bosra-Citadel.jpg
executive body	Bosra
location of creation	بصرى
KulturNav-ID	2500
IPA transcription	1879819
number of rooms	lccn-n91085457
topographic prominence	8923
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/02sqgw
Commons category	Bosra
local dialing code	15
coordinate location	Point(36.483333333 32.516666666)
point in time	2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
topic's main category	Category:Bosra
Commons gallery	بصرى
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WV%20banner%20Bosra%20Roman%20theater.jpg
described by source	Amsterdam
native label	بصرى

population	19683
point in time	2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
start time	1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	Ancient City of Bosra