Damascus is located along the length of 36.18 east of Greenwich and at 33.21 north latitude. It rises from the sea surface about 690 m and looks like an oasis of green emerald in the golden desert sands. Overlooking Mount Qassion with the most panoramic views.
Its location is characterized by its continuous urban expansion. That the location of Damascus on the international roads, and contemporary international conflict through the ages, making its name in the holy books and historical documents in various ancient and modern world languages
Damascus Museums : The number of museums in Damascus has doubled and its collections have increased, here are some of them:
The National Museum in Damascus: where his collections exhibited an artistic and scientific presentation. Visitors are keen to shoot in his garden to keep memories that days do not erase.
The Museum of Popular Traditions and Handicrafts at Al Azem Palace: one of the most beautiful palaces of old Damascus. Museum of Medicine and Science at the Arabs in the building (Bimarstan Nuri).
Damascus Historical Museum at Khalid Al Azm Building
The Arabic Calligraphy Museum at the Mamluk Gamaqiya School Building.
Damascus Military Museum.
Damascus Agricultural Museum.
Museum of the Panorama of the War of October
Damascus is famous for its popular markets such as:
Hamidiya market: one of the most famous and most beautiful markets in the world. It looks like a permanent exhibition of traditional art. The hike begins in this market near the Ayyubid Damascus Citadel and ends at the door of the Great Umayyad Mosque.
Medhat Pasha Market near Bab Al – Jabbiya
Souk El-Bazouria: The fame of the East emphasizes spices, spices and local sweets.
The handicraft market in the structure of the smallest Tekiya: It includes the most famous glass, pottery, wood, jaggery, pomegranate, jewelry and the Damascus brocade fabric … and the vision of the professional manufacturers to create their masterpieces with their simple tools leave the memories immortal.
Salihia market near the mosque of Sheikh Muhi Eddin: The history of the emergence of markets near the temples, and the importance of its activities and the reputation of Damascus fruits and vegetables.
Popular bathrooms: There are popular bathrooms that cater to the desire of the tourist to know the old baths and the importance of cleanliness. One of the most famous of these bathrooms is Nour al-Din bathroom in the market of the bazuriya, the rose bath, the king’s bathroom and other.
and the most important:
Damascus-Ayyubid Fortress: It seems as if it utters the silence of the stories of the resistance against the Tatars, the Crusaders and the Mongols.
Damascus Wall and its towers: It was surrounded by Damascus. Some of its sections can be seen next to Bab Touma, the eastern door and Bab Kisan, and a number of old towers that supported the city wall can be seen.
The eastern door: The most important of Abu Damascus is the beauty of its architecture. There are other doors such as Bab al-Salam, the small door, Bab al-Jubiya
Stairway arch: halfway between Bab al-Jabiya and the eastern door, near the Mariamite church building.
The palaces of old Damascus: such as Al-Azem Palace, Beit Khalid Al-Azm, Beit Sibai, Bayt Jabri, Beit Nizam and Al-Na’asan Palace … Its beauty shows that the ancient Arabs considered the house of man as its paradise. From drawings, decorations, water fountains, oases, trees and flowers.
the most important are:
The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus is considered one of the masterpieces of architecture due to its construction by Al Waleed Bin Abdul Malik (705 – 715 AD), characterized by its height and height, its three minarets and its dome, and the beauty of its paintings representing Damascus villas overlooking the Barada River as a ground paradise.
Al-Tikkiyeh Sulaymaniyah: Its buildings are distinguished by its majesty, its fine minarets, its arches, and the abundance of its lake. And the multitude of its flowers
There is the mosque of Sheikh Muhiuddin in the neighborhood of Salhiya, and the mosque Darwish Pasha famous for the masterpieces of Qishani, and the mosque of the Sunaniyah distinguished by its green-covered Al-Qashani mosque, the Tirozi mosque in the Bab Suriga neighborhood adorns the masterpieces of the Qishani walls, and Murad Pasha mosque in the neighborhood of Suwayqa
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