UNESCO World Heritage
Bosra al-Sham
A black basalt Roman city
Bosra al-Sham · DaraaHalf day
Overview
Bosra is a city built entirely of black basalt, containing one of the best-preserved Roman theatres anywhere, along with colonnaded streets, baths, churches and early Islamic monuments, all inside a still-inhabited town.
Why visit
- One of the finest Roman theatres in existence
- Black basalt architecture unlike anywhere else
- Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic layers in one walk
History
Historical background
Capital of the Roman province of Arabia and later an important early Islamic and Ayyubid centre; inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Historical layers
Periods recorded for this place in the DAHAB database. Open any period for its full history.
Things to see and do
Things to see
- · The Roman theatre
- · The colonnaded decumanus
- · Mabrak al-Naqa Mosque
- · Roman baths
Things to do
- · Walk the ancient main street
- · Sit in the theatre cavea
- · Photograph basalt façades at golden hour
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Related places
Matched by proximity, category and historical era.
Nearby
- As-Suwayda · 23 km
- Shahba (Philippopolis) · 40 km
- Bab Sharqi · 111 km
- Straight Street · 111 km
- Khan As'ad Pasha · 112 km
- Azm Palace · 112 km
Straight-line distances only — never a road travel time.
From the same civilization
