Tyre, Lebanon

Tyre is a city in Lebanon, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It was one of the earliest Phoenician metropolises and the legendary birthplace of Europa, her brothers Cadmus and Phoenix, and Carthage's founder Dido. The city has many ancient sites, including the Tyre Hippodrome, and was added as a whole to the list of UNES…
Tyre is a city in Lebanon, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It was one of the earliest Phoenician metropolises and the legendary birthplace of Europa, her brothers Cadmus and Phoenix, and Carthage's founder Dido. The city has many ancient sites, including the Tyre Hippodrome, and was added as a whole to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1984. The historian Ernest Renan noted that "One can call Tyre a city of ruins, built out of ruins".
  • Established: c. 2750 BCE
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Governorate: South Governorate
  • District: Tyre
  • Municipalities: Al-Aabbassiyah, Ain Baal, Burj el-Shamali, Sour
  • Demonym: Tyrian
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