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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.



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.

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.

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.

University of Aleppo

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