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Tudmur

Tudmur, also spelled Tadmur or Tadmor, and formerly known as Palmyra, is a World Heritage Site in Ḥimṣ (Homs) Province in Sūriyya (Syria) and a modern city of about 60 thousand residents.1 Its monuments include the Temple of Bel (Ba'al), and a 1100 meter colonnade running along the axis of the classical city.

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part of the ruins of Palmyra

Footnotes

1. worldgazetteer.com, "Syria - largest cities" page, accessed 9/11/2010.