architecture
Al-Azm Palace Courtyard
Al-Azm Palace was built in the eighteenth century as a residence for Damascus’s Ottoman governor. Its courtyards pair carefully patterned stonework with water and shade.
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Aleppo Citadel Entrance
The citadel rises above the old city of Aleppo. Its entrance turns a climb into a sequence of bridges, gateways and defensive passages.
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Bosra Roman Theatre
Bosra was an important city in the Roman province of Arabia. Its second-century theatre later became part of a fortified complex, helping preserve an extraordinary setting for performance.
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architecture
Crac des Chevaliers
The Hospitaller Order built Crac des Chevaliers between 1142 and 1271, followed by further Mamluk construction in the late thirteenth century. Its fabric records exchanges in fortified architecture during the Crusader and Islamic periods. Reading those layers reveals successive builders rather than a monument belonging to only one historical moment.
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architecture
Umayyad Mosque Courtyard
The Umayyad Mosque is one of the defining monuments of Damascus’s old city. Its courtyard brings together open marble paving, shaded arcades and the richly decorated front of the prayer hall.
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