| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
|
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Damascus is the world's oldest continuously inmhabited city.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
|
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The Darwish Pasha Mosque (1574).
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : St Sarkis Church
|
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The 13th century Church of St Sarkis is Armenian Orthodox.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : St Sarkis Church
|
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The church interiror.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
|
 |
The House of Ananias, a friend of St Paul.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : St Mary's Church
|
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The belltower of the Greek Orthodox St Mary's Church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : St Mary's Church
|
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The interior.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : St Mary's Church
|
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Icon showing St George.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : St Mary's Church
|
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An Orthodox wedding.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
|
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Carved minaret of the Sibalya Mosque.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
|
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Bab Kisam (St Paul's Chapel) is believed by Christians to have been a prison for St Paul.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
|
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The tomb of Salah el Din (Saladin), 1195, who liberated the region from the European Crusaders.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Palace of Azem
|
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Azem Palace was a residence for an Ottoman governor.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Palace of Azem
|
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The decorated marble floor.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Palace of Azem
|
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Inlaid archway.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Palace of Azem
|
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Wall decoration.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Palace of Azem
|
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Painted and inlaid wall.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
|
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Narrow street of the old city.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Altikkieh Mosque
|
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The Ottoman period Altikkieh Mosque.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Altikkieh Mosque
|
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The mosque was a centre of the Whirling Dervishes.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
District : Covered Bazaar
|
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The entrance to the 1km long Covered Bazaar.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
District : Covered Bazaa
|
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The Covered Bazaar is dominated by 'The Street Called Straight', mentioned in the Christian Bible's New Testament.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Temple of Jupiter
|
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The Temple of Jupiter.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Temple of Jupiter
|
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The Temple of Jupiter is the Roman centre of the city.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
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The 6th Century Umayyad Mosque is covered with mosaics. It is a converted Byzantine church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
 |
The courtyard with its Byzantine columns and arches.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
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The cloister.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
 |
Decorated wooden archway.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
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One of the three different minarets overlooking the large courtyard.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
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The carved columns are all different.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
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The interior wall decorations.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
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Byzantine style columns inside the mosque.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
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The Tomb of John the Baptist.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
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Two men.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
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Pilgrims visiting the mosque.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
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The Octopyle is covered with mosaics.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
 |
Detail of the 6th century mosaics on the octopyle.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
 |
One of the three minarets of the Umayyad Mosque; all are different.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
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The Tomb of Hussein, revered by Shite Muslims.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
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The courtyard is always busy.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
 |
Detail of the mosaics of the main building.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Maaloula
|
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Maaloula is a Christian village set in the hills around Damascus.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Maaloula
|
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Maaloula is one of the few places that still use Aramaic in their liturgies.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Maaloula
|
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The village is overlooked by St Takla's Convent.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Maaloula
Site / Event : St Takla's Convent
|
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St Takla's Convent is set on the site of a Greek catholic chapel dating from 325.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Maaloula
Site / Event : St Takla's Convent
|
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Icon featuring St George.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Maaloula
Site / Event : St Takla's Convent
|
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View from the convent.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Maaloula
Site / Event : St Sarkis
|
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The Greek Orthodox St Sarkis is the oldest convent in the world and dates from the 1st century.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Maaloula
Site / Event : St Sarkis
|
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The entrance to the cave chapels.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Maaloula
|
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The hills around Maaloula.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Seydnaya
|
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Seydnaya is one of several Christian villages in the hills around Damascus.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Seydnaya
|
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The village is dominated by the Convent of the Blessed Virgin.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Seydnaya
Site / Event : Convent of the Blessed Virgin
|
 |
Stairways lead up to the convent.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Seydnaya
Site / Event : Convent of the Blessed Virgin
|
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The convent was built by Justinian in 547. It is sacred to both Christians and Muslims.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Seydnaya
Site / Event : Convent of the Blessed Virgin
|
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The belltower.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Seydnaya
Site / Event : Convent of the Blessed Virgin
|
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The entrance to the church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Seydnaya
Site / Event : Convent of the Blessed Virgin
|
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View of the surrounding desert.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Seydnaya
|
 |
View of the village and the surrounding desert.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Latakia
|
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The coastal city of Latakia is close to the Turkish border.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Latakia
|
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Greek Orthodox wedding.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Latakia
|
 |
Market street.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Latakia
|
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Car in the city centre.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Latakia
|
 |
The Tetraporticus, built by Roman Emperor, Septimius Severus in 183
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Latakia
|
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Typical Syrian style mosque.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Latakia
|
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The city's Catholic Church. Over a million Chriistians live in Syria.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Latakia
|
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Fresh bread.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Markab Castle
|
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Markab Castle was built by European Crusaders.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Markab Castle
|
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One of the stone buildings at the castle.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Markab Castle
|
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Battlements.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Markab Castle
|
 |
The castle was and captured by Salah-el-Din (Saladin).
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Markab Castle
|
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The castle is set on a high hill.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Markab Castle
|
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Overgrown structures.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Markab Castle
|
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The castle is in ruins.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Markab Castle
|
 |
View of the Mediterranean.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Ugarit
|
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The ruins of Ugarit, a 4000 year old Phonoecian city.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Ugarit
|
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The world's first alphabet was invented here around 1200 BCE.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
|
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The city of Aleppo.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
|
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Drink seller in the streets of central Aleppo.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
|
 |
A Maronite church. The Maronites are an Eastern Catholic church from Lebanon.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
|
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Market area.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
|
 |
Ottoman style mosque.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
|
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The covered bazaar is one of the oldest in the world.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
Site / Event : Citadel
|
 |
The 8th century Citadel dominates the city.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
Site / Event : Citadel
|
 |
Detail of the walls.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
Site / Event : Citadel
|
 |
The entrance is reached along a viaduct.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
Site / Event : Citadel
|
 |
Courtyard.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
Site / Event : Citadel
|
 |
The Citadel has three mosques and two hamams (baths).
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
Site / Event : Citadel
|
 |
View of Aleppo from the citadel.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
Site / Event : Citadel
|
 |
The banquet room.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
Site / Event : Omayad Mosque
|
 |
The courtyard of the 16th century Omayad Mosque.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
Site / Event : Omayad Mosque
|
 |
The Elegantly carved minaret dates from 1002.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
Site / Event : Omayad Mosque
|
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Fine stonework and paving.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
|
 |
A group of Palestinian men in Aleppo.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
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Part of a Hittite figure.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
Site / Event : Archeological Museum
|
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Assyrian figures.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
|
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Countryside near Aleppo.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Dana
|
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The village of Dana.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Dana
|
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The cattle market.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Qalat Saman
|
 |
Qalat Saman is a 5th century Roman church in the shape of a cross located in the Syrian desert.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Qalat Saman
|
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The main building is a 5th century Roman church.
|
1986 |
were added from 1 February 2025.