Tower 1, Dura-Europos — Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and license on the file page)

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Tower 1, Dura-Europos

Ruins · Syria

Abandoned: 256
Founded: 155 BC
Population: —
Coordinates: 34.751, 40.726

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Why it was abandoned

☢️ Disaster

Detected automatically from the text: Earthquake of 160 CE at Dura-Europos

History

rectangular defensive tower located on the northern end of the defensive circuit walls around the city of Dura-Europos

Abandoned places nearby