Al-Resafa
الرصافة | |
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 Panoramic view of Resafa | |
  Al-Resafa Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°37′40″N 38°45′23″E / 35.62778°N 38.75639°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Raqqa Governorate |
| District | Raqqa District |
| Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
Resafa (Arabic: الرصافة, romanized: Reṣafa), sometimes spelled Rusafa, and known in the Byzantine era as Sergiopolis (Greek: Σεργιούπολις or Σεργιόπολις, lit. 'city of Saint Sergius') and briefly as Anastasiopolis (Αναστασιόπολις, lit. 'city of Anastasius'), was a city located in the Roman province of Euphratensis, in modern-day Syria. It is an archaeological site situated southwest of the city of Raqqa and the Euphrates.
Procopius describes at length the ramparts and buildings erected there by Justinian.[1] The walls of Resafa, which are still well preserved, are over 1600 feet in length and about 1000 feet in width; round or square towers were erected about every hundred feet; there are also ruins of a church with three apses.
- ^ "De edificiis", II, ix