Ancient site· Artuklu, Mardin

Dara

Dara-Anastasiopolis

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Dara is a ancient site in Artuklu, Mardin; Dara was an important East Roman fortress city in northern Mesopotamia on the border with the Sassanid Empire.

Dara-Anastasiopolis
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Dara was an important East Roman fortress city in northern Mesopotamia on the border with the Sassanid Empire. Owing to its great strategic importance it featured prominently in the Roman-Persian conflicts; today the village of Dara in Mardin Province occupies its site.

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  • Architectural remains from antiquity
  • The layered history of Anatolian civilizations

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