
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.
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