Resafa

Al-Resafa
الرصافة
Panoramic view of Resafa
Panoramic view of Resafa
Al-Resafa is located in Syria
Al-Resafa
Al-Resafa
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°37′40″N 38°45′23″E / 35.62778°N 38.75639°E / 35.62778; 38.75639
Country Syria
GovernorateRaqqa Governorate
DistrictRaqqa District
Elevation
300 m (1,000 ft)

Resafa (Arabic: الرصافة, romanizedReṣafa), 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.

  1. ^ "De edificiis", II, ix