Medina Sidonia is a city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, southern Spain. Considered by some to be the oldest city in Europe, it is used as a militar
Sidon, or Saida, is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located on the Mediterranean coast in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital. Tyre, to the south, and the Lebanese capital of Be
Medina-Sidonia
…Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia (born 1936). The city's name comes from Medina (Arabic for 'city') and Sidonia (of Sidon) and means 'City of Sidon'. Locals are known as Asidonenses. This city was most likely ancient Asido, an Iberian settlement which may have been founded…
Saida's Sea Castle
Persian style bull protome found in Sidon gives testimony of the Achaemenid rule and influence. Marble, 5th century BC
Tomb of the Mourning Women, Hellenistic necropolis of Sidon, now in the Istanbul Archaeology Museums
Sidon Sea Castle, built by the Crusaders in AD 1228