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The middle age Fortress in Aleppo

The medieval Aleppo Citadel.

Aleppo means "HALAB" in Arabic. Aleppo is 347 km. from Damascus 190 km. from Homs and 143 km from Hama. It is connected to all cities by railways and regular bus services to Latakia. I t is the large metropolis of Northern Syria, and claims to be the oldest inhabited city of the world.
Around 1780 BC, it was already the capital of the Great Kingdom of Yamhad.

However, Damascus also claimed the same. This rivalry between the two cities continued although lots of were in favour of Aleppo, the fact that Damascus was the capital of an immense empire since the sixties, destiny has settled in favour of Damascus in the demographic and economic fields.

Olive soap vendor in Aleppo market

The tasteful fresh dates of Aleppo.

ALEPPO, on the other hand, is still a great tourist attraction because of tis archaeological museum, The Citadel which is an extradordinary specimen of Arabic fortification of the Middle Ages; the many monuments, mosques, schools of Koranic theology(madrassas); baths, caravanserails and souqs.

The entrance of the Citadel from the above view.

The olc City as backview of the Citadel.

ALEPPO has about 1 million inhabitants. Because of its dull colored stones and the surrounding countrysides does not contribute a joyful appearance but only the grooves of the green pistachio trees overcome the dullness; that´s why it is called in Arabic "Esh-Shahbah" which means the Greyish.

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