Yabrud is a city in Syria

Syria

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, located in the Rif Dimashq

Rif Dimashq

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 (Damascus suburb) governorate about 80 km north of the capital Damascus

Damascus

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. The city is known for its ancient caves, most notably the Iskafta cave (where, in 1930, a thirty-year old German traveller and would-be archeologist Alfred Rust made many important pre-historical findings), and the Yabrud temple, which was once Jupiter Yabroudis 's temple but later became "Konstantin and Helena Cathedral". The name Yabrud is said to have originated from an Aramaic

Aramaic language

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 word meaning "cold" : the city rests upon the Qalamoun mountains  slopes (Anti-Lebanon

Anti-Lebanon

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) at a height of 1,550m.

The parents of former President

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 of Argentina

Argentina

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 Carlos Menem

Carlos Menem

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 were both born in Yabrud; they emigrated to Argentina before the end of World War I

World War I

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According to "www.syriagate.com' , "this small beautiful town set amid a limestone amphitheater is shaded by many apricot, poplar and weeping willow trees"...
The Natufian archeological site Yabrud III is named for the town of Yabrud.

External links

• Syriagate.com information about Yabroud
• Yabroud Online Official website of Yabrud.
• http://yabroud4dev.sy/ بوابة المجتمع المحلي لمدينة يبرود - سوري