🏛️ Ancient City of Damascus

Syria · Asia · Cultural · 33.51°N, 36.30°E

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital city in the world. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.

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Quick facts

Country	Syria
Continent / region	Asia
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	33.51°N, 36.30°E · view on map

Ancient City of Damascus is a cultural World Heritage site in Syria, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Ancient City of Damascus was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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