قنسرين | |
 The ancient Roman road connecting between Antioch and Qinnasrin, then called Chalcis | |
  Shown within Syria | |
| Location | Syria |
|---|---|
| Region | Aleppo Governorate |
| Coordinates | 35°59′15″N 37°2′34″E / 35.98750°N 37.04278°E |
Qinnašrīn (Arabic: قنشرين, romanized: Qinnašrīn; Syriac: ܩܢܫܪܝܢ, romanized: Qennešrin, lit. 'Nest of Eagles';[1][2] Latin: Chalcis ad Belum;[3] ‹See Tfd›Greek: Χαλκὶς, translit. Khalkìs), was a historical town in northern Syria. The town was situated 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Aleppo on the west bank of the Queiq (historically, the Belus) and was connected to Aleppo with a major road during Roman times.
Some scholars propose that the ruins of Qinnašrīn are located at al-Hadher to the east of the Queiq River, while Chalcis' location[dubious – discuss] was at the modern Syrian village of Al-Iss, Aleppo Governorate to the west of the river.[4] Others think that Qinnasrin has always been located at al-Iss from the Hellenistic to the Ayyubid period.[5]
- ^ "Qenneshrin". www.syriaca.org.
- ^ "قنشرين (ܩܢܫܪ̈ܝܢ) كلمة سريانية تعني عش النسور". Archived from the original on 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ Pliny, Nat. Hist., Bk. 5, §81.
- ^ "The Hadir Qinnasrin Project". The University of Chicago.
- ^ "Al-Hadir. Étude archéologique d'un hameau de Qinnasrin (Syrie du Nord, VIIe-XIIe siècles)". 2012.