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[[Image:Sidon.jpg|right|200px|Small fishing boat and buildings lining harbour]]
'''Sidon''' or Saida, (Arabic صيدا Ṣaydā; Hebrew צִידוֹן; Phoenician Ṣydwn) is the third-largest city in [[Lebanon]], on the coast, 48 kilometers south of [[Beirut]]. Today is a growing city with a modern seaport.
Sidon had many conquerors: Assyrians; Babylonians; Egyptians; Greeks; Romans; Arabs and Ottoman Turks.
The [[Bible]] describes Sidon at various places.
== External links ==
*[http://www.lebmania.com/photos/sidon/welcome.htm SIDON]
[[Category:History]]