Resafa

Al-Resafa الرصافة
Panoramic view of Resafa
Al-Resafa Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°37′40″N 38°45′23″E / 35.62778°N 38.75639°E / 35.62778; 38.75639
Country	Syria
Governorate	Raqqa Governorate
District	Raqqa District
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)

Resafa (Arabic: الرصافة, romanized: Reṣafa), sometimes spelled Rusafa, and known in the Byzantine era as Sergiopolis (Greek: Σεργιούπολις or Σεργιόπολις, lit. 'city of Saint Sergius') and briefly as Anastasiopolis (Αναστασιόπολις, lit. 'city of Anastasius'), was a city located in the Roman province of Euphratensis, in modern-day Syria. It is an archaeological site situated southwest of the city of Raqqa and the Euphrates.

Procopius describes at length the ramparts and buildings erected there by Justinian.^[1] The walls of Resafa, which are still well preserved, are over 1600 feet in length and about 1000 feet in width; round or square towers were erected about every hundred feet; there are also ruins of a church with three apses.