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Notes of this trip
Palmyra, Syria: abandoned pre-Roman city in the desert 150 kms NE of Damascus |
Palmyra |
Palmyra: Colonnade |
Palmyra |
Krak des Chevaliers, Syria: crusaders castle |
Krak des Chevaliers |
Krak des Chevaliers |
Krak des Chevaliers |
Damascus |
Damascus: Hall of Gabal al Arab (mosaic) |
Damascus: Three-saint fresco from St Jacop Kara (Byzantine, 12 AD???), |
Damascus: Shabah fresco of Justice, Philosophy and Ecucation (3rd c AD), |
Damascus: Underground tomb of Yarhai (Palmyra) |
Damascus |
Damascus |
Damascus: Basalt stele in Aramaic (750 BC) from Sfire near Aleppo (treaty between two kings), one of the oldest Aramaic inscriptions |
Damascus |
Damascus museum: Monster from Qasr al Heir Al-Gharsi |
Damascus: citadel and entrance to the souq |
Damascus: the souq al Hamidiyya |
Damascus Great Mosque |
Damascus |
Damascus: Az-Zahiriyya Madrasa (1277) |
Damascus: Al Bimaristan An-Nouri hospital (1154) |
Damascus: Pacha Dawishiyya mosque (1571) |
Damascus: Assibaiyya mosque (1543) |
Damascus |
Damascus: Sinan mosque (1590) |
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