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Inscription on a doorway at al-Joubaili - Aleppo
Inscription on a doorway at al-Joubaili
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souqs: Mediaeval market
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  • Updated By TheWanderingCamel on April 4, 2005
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  • Gee-up! - Aleppo
    Gee-up!
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    With everything you could ever think of for sale, the souks of Aleppo are endlessly fascinating. Stone-vaulted, narrow alleyways lead you deeper and deeper into a world so far removed from the muzak and bright lights of modern shopping you can lose yourself for hours. Look out for the section where everything you could need to construct a Bedouin tent can be found - bolts of black goathair tentcloth, great coils of black and white woven webbing and thick rope - and the little yellow pelts of foxes - but no photos here please. Agonize over which pattern to choose from the huge array of the fine black and red Bedouin scarves - they make great sarongs - or choose a bright silk one from the rainbow of colours available. Drink flower tea with an Armenian and his cousin as you choose a necklace in the Gold Souk. Smell the spices and admire the intricate patterns made with them in glass cases. Taste the olives and nuts you are offered as you pass through. Watch out for donkeys laden with huge paniers - or old men. Feel a bit queazy as you pass through the meat souk. Buy some good olive oil soap - that rough mud-coloured exterior covers a silky-smooth green interior that lathers beautifully. And when your feet feel as though they are going to drop off, make your way to one of the cafes in the street outside the main entrance (if you can find your way back) for a huge glass of fresh fruit juice before you dive back in again. leyle

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  • Address: Across the road from the Citadel and to the right

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    hammams: Hammam Yalbougha an-Nasry
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  • Updated By MalenaN on September 25, 2004
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  • Inside Yalbogha - Aleppo
    Inside Yalbogha
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    The large hall has a domed ceiling and a pool in the middle. It looks like a very nice place to relax and have a tea in, after a bath. For women the bath is open on Saturday, Monday, Thursday and Wednesday (winter only) between 10 am – 5 pm. For men it is open the other days between 10 am – 1.30 am. The prices in July 2004 with everything included is 415. If you don’t want everything the price is: Entry 200 SP Massage 100 SP Rubbing 50 SP Soap 25 SP Loaf 15 SP Drinks 25 SP

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    hammams: Hammam Yalbougha an-Nasry
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  • Updated By MalenaN on May 20, 2006
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  • Yalbougha - Aleppo
    Yalbougha
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    There has been a bath on this site for a very long time but the building standing there today is from the 14th century. During the 1980s it was restored by the Ministry of Tourism. It is situated below the citadel, to the southeast. As you approach you will recognise it by its striped facade in black and light yellow. The evening Firas and I passed it was open for men so I was surprised I could enter to have a look. I’m glad they let us in because it is a beautiful building and one day I’d like to go here for a bath (and so I did in June 2005).

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    national museum: Monsters and mosaics
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  • Updated By TheWanderingCamel on April 4, 2005
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  • While the guard was sleeping .... - Aleppo
    While the guard was sleeping
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    Don't be put off by the huge basalt figures with their strange staring eyes guarding the entrance to the National Museum in Aleppo. Once inside you will find much of interest, most from the northern part of Syria including many Bronze and Iron Age artifacts from Mari, Tell Brak, Ugarit and other ancient sites - strangely endearing statues of men and women with kohl-rimmed eyes, beautiful ivory carvings and a handsome bronze lion. The Classical and Byzantine section includes glass, pottery, coins and mosaics. A walk through the garden will reveal some lovely statuary and stelae. You may well find you have the place virtually to yourself , as we did. The museum is open from 9-1 and 4-6, and is closed on Tuesday leyle

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  • Address: Baron Street
  • Directions: In the park, diagonally across from the Amir Palace Hotel.

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    Christian Quarter: Hushed alleys and lively squares
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  • By TheWanderingCamel on April 13, 2005
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  • Silent stones - Aleppo
    Silent stones
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    The busy squares, church plazas and main shopping streets in the Christian (Jdaide) quarter are a great contrast to the narrow stone-lined lanes that connect them. Here all is hushed and very private but behind the high walls and solid doors are beautiful old houses and courtyards, some of which are now hotels and restaurants that you can visit, even if you are not staying or eating there. In Sissi Street you'll find the Beit Wakil Hotel, the most authentically restored of all of these. Others are schools, and if you knock and ask politely it may be possible to have a peek inside. We were invited in to the school across the way from the Beit Wakil to hear the Patriarch of the Armenian Church address the assembled students and their parents in the lovely tree-shaded courtyard there. Something similar may come your way.

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    citadel: The citadel
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  • Updated By MalenaN on September 26, 2004
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  • The entrance to the citadel - Aleppo
    The entrance to the citadel
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    Inside the Citadel there is a lot of rubble and ruins. Here you can see the Royal Palace, Mosque of Abraham, Great Mosque, Hammam of Nour ad-Deen, a concrete amphitheatre, a café and a small museum. Don’t miss the throne room (I almost did), which was built by the Mamluks. The room has a painted wooden ceiling, a floor with patterns made of marble in different colours.

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    Umayyad Mosque: Restored to glory
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  • Updated By TheWanderingCamel on April 27, 2005
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  • Blue jawehs - Aleppo
    Blue jawehs
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    Closed for many years for restoration, the Omayyed mosque is now open to visitors once again. The relaid black, gold and cream marble of the courtyard spreads out in an intricate maze, the ablutions fountain is scrubbed and clean, the chandeliers sparkle and the dome above the prayer hall shows clear in intricate detail. Even the obligatory robes for women visitors are clean and new - and pale blue with pointy hoods - groups of tourists look like hunch-backed gnomes with their backpacks beneath the gown. leyle

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    Christian Quarter: Church bells and incense
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  • By TheWanderingCamel on April 25, 2005
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  • Maronite Cathedral - Aleppo
    Maronite Cathedral
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    There is a surprising variety of churches and cathedrals in Aleppo's Christian Quarter - Armenian Catholic, Greek Catholic, Syrian Catholic, Latin Catholic; Maronites; Syrian Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox; Chaldeans and even a small Protestant presence. Most are crowded together in the Jdaide Quarter, the legacy of Syria's early Christian heritage, Ottoman tolerance and the refuge given to the survivors of the Turkish massacres of the Armenians in the first quarter of the 20th century. Nowadays Syria is one of the few Middle Eastern countries where Christian may not only practice their religion freely , but may build new churches and educate their children in church schools. A walk through the Jdaide on a Sunday morning, when the church bells are ringing and everyone is off to church, is to think yorself in another world.

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  • Directions: The Maronite and Greek Catholic churches are near each other on Saahat Farat. The 40 Martyrs Armenian Church is on Harat al-Yasmin

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    citadel: The citadel
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  • The citadel on a hill - Aleppo
    The citadel on a hill
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    The Citadel of Aleppo can be seen from far away as it is built on a 50 metre high mound. The mound is a natural hill even though it doesn’t look like that. For a long time the mound was a place fro worship and religion, but in the 10th century the hill started to be fortified. During the time of the crusaders the citadel was strengthened and it was an important point for the Muslims.

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  • The entry bridge - Aleppo
    The entry bridge
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    To enter the Citadel you first pass through an outer defensive tower and then walk up the steps of the entry bridge to an impressive portal in the monumental gateway. It was not easy for enemies to conquer the citadel. When they came up the bridge people in the monumental gateway could pour down boiling oil over them and meet them with a rain of arrows.

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