7 sentences with 'site'
Example sentences and phrases with the word site and other words derived from it.
• « Çatal Höyük was built on a site that had a large deposit of obsidian (also called volcanic glass). »
• « The most significant of these games were the Olympics, named after Olympia, the site in southern Greece where they were held every four years. They began in 776 BC and ended in 393 AD, in other words, they lasted more than 1,000 years. »
• « In 324 CE, Constantine founded a new capital city for the entire empire on the site of the ancient Greek city of Byzantium, at the intersection of Europe and Anatolia (he renamed it "Constantine's City", Constantinople, which today is Istanbul). »
• « It was not just about the symbolic importance of the relics, as pilgrims travelled from all over the Roman world to visit the site of notable relics, bringing with them considerable wealth. As a result, the entire regional economy was centred on the pilgrimage sites. »
• « An important sacred site that would become even more important after the rise of Islam was the city of Mecca. »