🏛️ Apamea-Palmyra
Ruined Greco-Roman city in central Syria
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Homs Governorate, central Syria, approximately 240 km northeast of Damascus
- Founded circa 300 BCE as a Seleucid settlement; flourished as a major trade hub from the 1st to 3rd centuries CE
- Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1930 as part of the "Ancient Villages of Northern Syria"
- Severely damaged during Syrian Civil War (2011–present); widespread looting and structural destruction reported
Apamea-Palmyra, also known as Apamea on the Orontes, was one of the Seleucid Empire's most significant provincial cities ...