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Museums Attractions In Damascus

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Damascus is the capital of the Syrian Arab Republic; it is also the country's largest city, following the decline in population of Aleppo due to the battle for the city. It is colloquially known in Syria as ash-Sham and titled the City of Jasmine . In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major cultural centre of the Levant and the Arab world. The city has an estimated population of 1,711,000 as of 2009.Located in south-western Syria, Damascus is the centre of a large metropolitan area of 2.7 million people . Geographically embedded on the eastern foothills of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range 80 ki...
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Museums Attractions In Damascus

  • 1. The National Museum of Damascus Damascus
    The National Museum of Damascus is a museum in the heart of Damascus, Syria. As the country's national museum as well as its largest, this museum covers the entire range of Syrian history over a span of over 11 millenia, and displays various important artifacts, relics and major finds most notably from Mari, Ebla and Ugarit, three of Syria's most important ancient archaeological sites. Established in 1919, during King Faisal's Arab Kingdom of Syria, the museum is the oldest cultural heritage institution in Syria.Among the museum's highlights are, arguably, the Dura-Europos synagogue, a reconstructed synagogue dated to 245 AD which was moved piece by piece to Damascus in the 1930s and is noted for its vibrant and well preserved wall paintings and frescoes, also textiles from central Palmyra...
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  • 2. Al Azem Palace (Palace of As'ad, Pasha al-'Azm) Damascus
    As'ad Pasha al-Azem was the governor of Damascus under Ottoman rule from 1742 to his deposition in 1757. He was responsible for the construction of several architectural works in the city and other places in Syria.
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  • 3. Army Museum Damascus
    The inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War started after fighting erupted between the Syrian opposition groups: the Free Syrian Army , the Army of Mujahedeen, the Islamic Front, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant . In early January 2014, serious clashes between the groups erupted in the north of the country. Opposition groups near Aleppo attacked ISIL in two areas, Atarib and Anadan, which were both strongholds of the fundamentalist Sunni organization. Despite the conflict between ISIL and other rebels, one faction of ISIL has cooperated with the al-Nusra Front and the Green Battalion to combat Hezbollah in the Battle of Qalamoun.
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