Tetrapylon

Connected Sites: 8

Definition

A tetrapylon is an ancient type of Roman monument of cubic shape, with a gate on each of the four sides: generally it was built on a crossroads.

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Connected Sites

Anjar

Lebanon

Inscribed: 1984

3.16

74

5

Ruins consist of a monumental tetrapyle (AB evaluation)
Gamzigrad-Romuliana

Serbia

Inscribed: 2007

2.67

81

8

See whc.unesco.org
Persian Caravanserai

Iran

Inscribed: 2023

2.57

51

3

Deyr-e Gachin Caravanserai: "The space of the mosque has an area of 237 square meters and there are four columns with square shape, and there is a prayer niche (mihrab) in the south. this part considered as the oldest part of the building which some believes it is probably a tetrapylon in the past." (Nomination file, p. 194)
Leptis Magna

Libya

Inscribed: 1982

3.91

32

3

Severan Arch
Rome

Holy See, Italy

Inscribed: 1980

4.58

670

13

Arch of Janus
See en.wikipedia.org
Palmyra

Syria

Inscribed: 1980

3.96

67

4

See en.wikipedia.org
Aphrodisias

Turkiye

Inscribed: 2017

3.63

104

4

East of the temple is the Tetrapylon, a gateway to the sanctuary for Aphrodite (AB ev)
Istanbul

Turkiye

Inscribed: 1985

4.37

493

12

Milion
See en.wikipedia.org