Tyre, Lebanon

Tyre is an auncient Phoenicie ceety an the legendary birthplace o Europa an Elissa (Dido). The day it is the fowert lairgest ceety in Lebanon an hooses ane o the naition's major ports. Tourism is a major industry. The ceety haes a number o auncient sites, includin its Roman Hippodrome which wis addit tae UNESCO's leet o Warld Heritage Sites in 1979.Resolution 459Lebanon's Archaeological Heritage  

Internaitional relations

Twin touns – Sister ceeties
Tyre is twinned  wi:
  Orléans, Fraunce
  Algiers, Algerie
  Tunis, Tunisie
  Málaga, Spain

References


Category:Tyre Destrict
Category:Populatit coastal places in Lebanon
Category:Phoenicie ceeties
Category:Crusades
Category:Warld Heritage Steids in Lebanon
Category:Hellenistic colonies
Category:Mediterranean port ceeties an touns in Lebanon
Category:Auncient ceeties
Category:Amarna letters locations
Category:Ebreu Bible ceeties
Category:Torah ceeties
Category:Roman colonies
Category:Airchaeological steids in Lebanon
Category:Umwhile islands
Category:Phoenicie steids in Lebanon
Category:Roman steids in Lebanon
Category:Populatit places established in the 3rd millennium BC
Category:Fertile Crescent