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fiogf49gjkf0d DAMASCUS:
THE CAPITAL CITY OF SYRIA. PLACES OF INTERES ARE
THE MOSQUE OF OMAYYADES, THE PALACE OF AZEM, THE HOUSE OF
SAINT ANANIE, THE SAINT PAUL CHAPEL, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM,
THE TAQUIEH, THE HAMIDIYEH SOUK, THE MAUSOLEUM OF SALADIN
TAKIYYEH AS-SULAYMANIYYEH (MOST GRACEFUL MOSQUES).
60KMS NORTH OF THE CAPITAL, MAALOULA IS A VILLAGE IN PART
TROGLODYTE WHERE THE INHABITANTS STILL SPEAK IN THE LANGUAGE
OF JESUS CHRIST, THE ARMENIAN OCCIDENTAL.
APAMEE:
THIS TOWN HAS FLOURISHED SINCE 6TH BC AND WAS RAVAGED BY EARTH
QUAKES IN 1157 AND 1770. THE MOSQUES WHICH FORM THE PRINCIPLE
MONUMENTS HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO MUSEUMS.
TODAY THE DOUBLE COLONADE IN THE CENTER OF THE TOWN STRETCHING
FOR 1850 METERS IS UNDER RECONSTRUCTION.
PALMYRA:
THERE IS A MUSEUM WHICH IT IS ADVISABLE TO VISIT BEFORE TOURING
THE RUINS OF THE OLD TOWN. WHICH INCLUDES
THE BEL TEMPLE, THE GREAT COLONNADE, THE VALLEY OF TOMBEAUX,
MONUMENTAL ARCH, QALA'AT IBN MAAN (ARAB CASTLE) & MUSEUM.
DEIR EZ-ZOR
THIS TOWN IS AN IMPORTANT CENTER OF SYRIAN ART.
SITUATED ON THE EUPHRATES THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SITES TO
VISIT SUCH AS DOURA EUROPOS THE QALAAT RAHBA AND MARI.
ALEPPO:
A LEGENDARY CITY CHARGED WITH HISTORY. THE THINGS TO
SEE ARE THE CITADELLE, THE MEDIEVAL SOUQS WHICH COVER
A DISTANCE OF 12KMS. THE GRAND MOSQUE AND THE NATIONAL
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM.
RASSAFA:
SITUATED 170KMS SOUTH EAST OF ALEPPO THIS TOWN HAS BEEN
KNOWN SINCE BYZANTINE TIMES. THINGS TO SEE ARE THE BASILIC
CONSTRUCTED FROM MARBLE.
LATTAQUE:
ONE OF THE FIVE GREAT CITIES BUILT IN THE 3RD CENTURY
BEFORE CHRIST. TODAY IT IS THE PRINCIPAL SYRIAN PORT ON THE
MEDITERRANEAN.
MARI - TALL HARIRI
HOLDING A STRATEGIC SITE ON THE EUPHRATES RIVER THE 1933
EXCAVATIONS EXPOSED A ROYAL PALACE WITH OVER 300 ROOMS.
EBLA - TALL HARDIKH
40KMS SOUTH OF ALEPPO THE 1974 EXCAVATIONS HERE UNCOVERED
A ROYAL PALACE WITH A LIBRARY WITH 17,000 TABLETS
MAKING UP A VERY EARLY VERSION OF A BILINGUAL DICTIONARY.
BORSA:
HERE ONE CAN FOUND ONE OF THE WORLDS BEST PRESERVED
AMPHITHEATERS FROM THE GREEK/ROMAN EPOCH.
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