Sights of Syria - October 2004

...and here are some more!


Ongoing excavations within
the Aleppo Citadel
The entrance ramp
to the Aleppo Citadel
The Throne Room
Aleppo Citadel
 
The colonnaded Via Recta
Apamea
Colonnades with shop
frontages behind
Apamea
Unusual spiral-fluted
columns, Apamea
 
The Citadel, Apamea 3D tesselations in the
Museum, Apamea
Animal tesselation in the
Museum, Apamea
 
The famous waterwheels or 'norias' of Hama
 
The Monastery of St George
near Krak des Chevaliers
The Keep of Castel Blanc
Safita
Krak des Chevaliers
 
The internal walls
Krak des Chevaliers
Vaulted ceilings
Krak des Chevaliers
From the ramparts
Krak des Chevaliers
 
View from the ramparts
Krak des Chevaliers
View from the ramparts
Krak des Chevaliers
Krak des Chevaliers
in the evening light
 
Views of St Simeon the Stylite's Basilica - Qala'at Samaan - near Aleppo
 
Views of St Simeon the Stylite's Basilica - Qala'at Samaan - near Aleppo
 
The strange meghazhils or 'spindles' of Amrit
with the entrance to an underground tomb
The original site of the Olympic Games
at Marathos near Amrit?
 
The Crusader Castle of
Qala'at Salah ad-Din
perched on its hilltop
The spectacular needle
column left in place to
support the draw-bridge
Within the castle
 
The top of the needle column Within the castle Looking down into the
man-made gorge



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