Damascus - Old City

Al-Nasr Street heading from Hijaz Square to the Old City of Damascus	Old Damascus - Dimashq Al-Qadimah	Aadliyeh School and Damascus Citadel	The Citadel of Damascus, built on the foundations of Roman fortifications
Qala'at Dimashq	While the Citadel is still not open to visitors, it is no longer a prison	Machicolation - projections from which stones or hot liquids could be dropped on attackers	The Citadel of Damascus marks the northwest corner of the Old City
Citadel of Damascus and Al Thawra Street	Current Citadel of Damascus built in 1202 on top of a Seljuk Citadel from 1078	The Citadel of Damascus is on the north west corner of the Old City	Statue of Saladin in front of the Citadel of Damascus
Equestrian statue of Saladin on Al Thawra Street at the base of the Citadel	Saladin (1138-1193) recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187	Salahuddin is another spelling	Equestrian statue of Saladin in front of the Citadel of Damascus
Saladin signed the Treaty of Ramla with Richard I (the Lionhearted) in 1192 granting Christian pilgrims access to Jerusalem	Saladin	Renaud de Chatillon and Guy de Lusignan	Renaud de Chatillon and Guy de Lusignan, Crusaders defeated by Saladin at the Battle of Hattin 1187
A companion of Saladin	Pomegranate juice vendor, Damascus	Pomegranate juice vendor, Damascus (chaichi)	Pomegranate juice
Northwest corner of the Citadel	Northern wall of the Citadel of Damascus	Lion carved on a stone on the northern wall of the Citadel of Damascus	Al-Qal'a Street
Gateway through a tower of the citadel	Partially ruined tower on the north side of the Citadel of Damascus	Gateway on Al-Qal'a Street	Northeast Tower of Damascus Citadel
Another of Damascus' classic cars, an Opel Rekord P1 2-Door (1958-59)	A mosque located just north of the Old City on the other side of the Barada River	Damascus minaret	Street in Old Town Damascus
Damascus Old Town	Flag of Hezbollah - "Islamic Resistance in Lebanon"	Another Hezbollah flag, Damascus	Adiliye madrasa, Damascus
Adiliye madrasa, Damascus	Al-Malek Al-Zaher - Sultan Baibars of Egypt and Al-Sham (Greater Syria)	Hammam al-Zahiriya, Damascus	Hammam al-Zahiriya, Damascus
Dome, Hammam al-Zahiriya, Damascus	Stained glass, Hammam al-Zahiriya, Damascus	Doorway just north of the hammam	Typical narrow alleys of the Old City of Damascus
Muslim Quarter, Old City of Damascus	Privacy windows (meshrebeeyehs) Old City of Damascus	Deserted passage in the old town, Damascus	Ruqayya Mosque
Minaret of the Ruqayya Mosque	Tiled dome of the Rouqayya Mosque	Ruqayya Mosque, Damascus	Ruqayya Mosque, rebuilt 1993
Inlaid stone calligraphy, Ruqayya Mosque	Rouqayya Mosque, funded by Iran	Persian rugs in the courtyard of the Ruqayya Mosque	Rouqayya Mosque, Damascus
Iranian-style tile work, Rouqayya Mosque	Persian-style tile work, Ruqayya Mosque	Golden door, Ruqayya Mosque	Tomb of Ruqayya bint al-Hussein, great-granddaugher of the Prophet Mohammed
Tomb of Ruqayya bint al-Hussein	Ornate interior of the Ruqayya Mosque	The tomb of Ruqayya is on the Iranian pilgrim trail in Damascus	Tomb of Ruqayya bint al-Hussein
Detail of the Tomb of Ruqayya	Tiled dome above the Tomb of Ruqayya bint al-Hussein	Tomb of Ruqayya bint al-Hussein	Rouqayya Mosquée
Ruqayya Mosque, Damascus	Ruqayya Mosque interior, Damascus	Al-Jamzawi Mosque	Al-Jamzawi Mosque displaying a banner with the Profession of Faith
Old City, Damascus	Old City, Damascus	Old City, Damascus	Your Future Group B Candidate Nidal Nasir Abu Ja'far
Al-Madrasa Al-Fatemia, Damascus	Al-Selselah Roman Bath, Damascus	Al-Madrasa Al-Jaqmqiya	Roman ruins north of the Umayyad Mosque
Roman ruins north of the Umayyad Mosque	Roman ruins north of the Umayyad Mosque beneath the Minaret of the Bride	Pedestrian plaza in the Old City at Moawiyah Street and Abdoul Qadar Street	Pedestrian plaza in the Old City
Aal Al Beit Street	Sinan Pacha Mosque, Damascus	Sinan Pasha Mosque, Damascus	Sinan Pacha Mosque, Damascus
Sinan Pacha Mosque with a Bashar al-Assad banner	Syrian Batmobile	Main entrance to Azem Palace, Damascus	Azem Palace 1749
Azem Palace	Boite aux lettres - post box - and the Azem Palace placard	Syrian flags flying from Azem Palace	Azem Palace was built by the Governor of Damascus As'ad Pacha Al-'Azem
Azem Palace	Azem Palace	Detail of the stone work at Azem Palace, Damascus	Reception Room, Azem Palace
Iwan, Azem Palace	Iwan, Azem Palace	Azem Palace	Azem Palace
Hammam, Azem Palace	Hammam, Azem Palace	Hammam, Azem Palace	Azem Palace
Azem Palace	Display of glass blowing, Azem Palace	Display of woodwork, Azem Palace	Display of weaving, Azem Palace
Ornate lamp, Azem Palace	Azem Palace	Old City, Damascus	Syrian Environmental Association
Old City north of Azem Palace	Public water basin, Damascus Old City	Old City, Damascus	Some buildings in the Old City seem relatively new
SyriaMay07 357.jpg	Hezbollah and Assad posters	Sinking of the Israeli patrol boat by Hezbollah	Hamidiyeh Souq, running just south of the Citadel east to the Umayyad Mosque
Square between the Propylaeum and the Umayyad Mosque	Square between the Propylaeum and the Umayyad Mosque	Ottoman fountain near the Propylaeum	Tugra of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud, I believe...
Ruins of the Roman Temple of Jupiter	Propylaeum 3rd C. AD	Propylaem of the ancient Temple of Jupiter, Damascus	Old stone building just north of the Propylaeum
Arch on the east side of the Umayyad Mosque	Arch on the east side of the Umayyad Mosque	Street in the Old City of Damascus	Old City NE of Umayyad Mosque
An event of some kind...in April	Damascus Old City	Alley in the Old City decorated with flags, Damascus	Chicken shwarma
Old City at night	Annatta Street at night	Square to the west of the Umayyad Mosque at night	Propylaeum at night
Propylaeum at night, Old City of Damascus	Citadel of Damascus at night	Saladin statue at night	Saladin statue at night
Equestrian statue of Saladin and the Damascus Citadel at night