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Byblos

Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, a main Canaanite-Phoenician city

Cityhuman settlement archaeological site cityQ173532

Also known as Jubayl · Gubla · Gval · Geval · Byblus · Mint of Byblus

Country: Lebanon(since 1943)
, Phoenicia
, Lebanon
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1.Stated in NomismaRetrieved 2024-07-15
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Located in: Jbeil District
Area: 5 km²
Elevation: 10 m
Founded: 8th millennium BCE
Website: jbail-byblos.gov.lb

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Byblos, also known as Jbail, Jebeil, Jbeil or Jubayl, is an ancient city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The area is believed to have been first settled between 8800 and 7000 BC and continuously inhabited since 5000 BC. During its history, Byblos was part of numerous cultures including Canaanite, Egyptian, Phoenician, Assyrian, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Umayyad, Abbasid, Genoese, Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman. Urbanisation is thought to have begun during the third millennium BC when it developed into a city, making it one of the oldest cities in the world, if not the oldest. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Twinned administrative body: Patras
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1.patrasevents.gr/article/303087-i-lista-me-tis-23-adelfopoiimenes-poleis-tis-patras-iparxei-ousia-omos
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Cádiz
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1.en.sistercity.info/sister-cities/C%C3%A1diz.html
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Agia Napa(since 2018)
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1.en.famagusta.news/local/ayianapa/me-tin-poli-vyvlo-toy-livanoy-adelfopoiithike-o-dimos-agias-napas
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Heritage designation: World Heritage Site(since 1984) official name: Byblos, Byblos · world heritage criteria: (iii), (iv)
World Heritage criteria: (iii)
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1.whc.unesco.org/en/list/295
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(iv)
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1.whc.unesco.org/en/list/295
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(vi)
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1.whc.unesco.org/en/list/295
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Located in/on physical feature: Mount Lebanon
Capital of: Jbeil District
Lordship of Gibelet
Time period: Neolithic
Different from: Jbiel
Official name: جبيل ala-lc romanization: Jubayl
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1.whc.unesco.org/en/list/295/
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Native label: جبيل ala-lc romanization: Jubayl
Present in work: Civilization V subject has role: City-state

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49 identifiers linking Byblos across the web's reference databases

34.1167, 35.6500OpenStreetMap ↗

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