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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Baitokaike Temple of Zeus Alternative Name: Husn Suleiman, Hosn Soleiman, حصن سليمان, BaetocaeseCountry: Syria
NOTE: This site is 8.919 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Tartus Nearest Village: Safita
Latitude: 34.930750N Longitude: 36.245410E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Bashendi visited on 26th May 2008 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 1 I think you will find that it's called Husn Suleiman (حصن سليمان) and that its ancient name was Baetocaese. I would go nowhere near it at present! It is seriously remote and the dangers are great.
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