ALEPPO

Aleppo:

This is the second capital of Syria (350 km north of Damascus), and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in history.

 

Aleppo Citadel:

50m above the city, ring of crenellated walls and towers rises  , It was built in the days of Sayf al-Dawla al-Hamadani.On the north and south sides, great towers rise above the moat. The main parts of the citadel are: The throne room, the bathroom, the small mosque (Ibrahim's mosque).

 

The Great Mosque:

built in 1213 he have square minaret is 21 m high and from which can be seen  splendid view.

Aleppo

Aleppo Citadel

The Great Mosque

Ancient Market(Al Souk):

The Aleppo covered market are the longest in the world. They are seven kilometers long combined and have 39 market each with its own trading specialty of goods and.

 

Baths:

most important baths in Aleppo are AL Nuhassien ,Al Bayad ,Al Yalbagha, Al Nasiri ,Azdamar,Al Sultan and Al Jawahiri.They were all builtBetween the 12'' and 15'' centuries.

Ancient Market(Al Souk)

Baths

Ain Dara:

Dark, igneous rocks such as diorite and granite, as well as basalt, of the type used for the Ain Dara animals, are to be found in this particular area of southern Anatolia and northwestern Syria.

 

Adliyeh Mosque:

This mosque is the oldest Ottoman mosque in Aleppo. It's decorated with enameled ceramic tiles of Ottoman style.

 

Saint -Simon:

In Arabic "Qalaat Seman", that bears the name of the ascetic Saint- Simon (4th century AD), who spent forty-two years of his life here. It’s isolated on the top of a column that was several times made higher (reaching up to about 20 m). It is to be noted that at the foot of the hill of Saint-Simon, a village: Deir Semaan, relayed to the monastery by a processional road, also housed many pilgrims.

Ain Dara

Adliyeh Mosque

Saint -Simon

IDLEB

Ebla:

The site also known under the name of Tell Mardikh, dates back to the 4th millenium BC. Temples and three palaces where built. Ebla became politically weaker during the Assyrian domination and in 1625 BC, and the Hittites ravaged it. Ebla never recovered. Little by little its inhabitants deserted the town and it fell into oblivion.

 

Dead City:

An extraordinary site: 700 towns spread over a perimeter of 2 000 Km2. To qualify them as "dead" seems displaced when one contemplates them today. It seems, in fact, as if their inhabitants have just left the site, so much the conservation is exceptional, thanks to the quality of the stone. From the 1st to 6th centuries, the region distinguished itself by its olivaries.

 

Qalb Lawzi:

Situated 65 km west of Aleppo, is the beautiful church at Qalb Lozeh. This basilica dating back to the 5th century is located in the small village of Qalb Lozeh (one of the dead cities) meaning 'Heart of the Almond', and is one of the most beautiful basilicas in Syria and is a masterpiece of Syrian Byzantine art.

Dead City

Ebla

Qalb Lawzi

 

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