Tartus is the second largest port city in Syria after Latakia. In the port of the city was located the Soviet, and now the Russian …
Azem Palace is located in Damascus and is considered one of the most impressive secular buildings of the period of Turkish dominat …
The Saidani Monastery is an active Orthodox monastery, one of the largest female monasteries in Syria. It is located in the villag …
Arriving in Damascus, be sure to visit the Old City, where the main thoroughfare is the 1,500-meter-long Straight Street. It is me …
Souk al-Hamidia is the largest retail market in Syria. It is located in the capital of the country, in the historical center of th …
The Saladin Monument is an equestrian statue depicting Saladin, the greatest sultan of Egypt and Syria, a talented commander and s …
Mount Kasiun has been known since ancient times. It was here, in Syria, in Damascus, that Abel was murdered by his brother Cain. T …
The Church of St. Ananias is an indispensable component of all pilgrimage and tourist routes. It is difficult to call the church o …
The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. It is locat …
The Monastery of the Virgin Mary is located in the village of Saednaya, 27 kilometers from Damascus, on a high cliff (1500 meters …
Qasr al-Azem Palace is one of the most impressive secular buildings in Syria. It was built in the XVIII century and originally ser …
Al Madina Market, located in the Syrian city of Aleppo, is considered the largest covered market in the world with a long history. …
The Temple of the Belt of the Virgin (Um al-Zunnar) is based on the site of a chapel founded in 59. Previously it was an ordinary …
The Chapel of St. Ananias is an ancient underground temple (crypta), which is located in Damascus, in the oldest quarter of the ci …
Mount Kassion (Kasyun) has a height of 1155 meters above sea level (height above the "Damascus level" is 456 meters). Cassion is n …
The monastery of St. George Al-Humayr is located near the city of Homs, in the so-called Alley of Christians (Tal-Kalakh district) …
The Temple of Bel is the largest building in Palmyra. It has been partially restored today. Its building, as evidenced by the insc …
Krak de Chevaliers (Crac des Chevaliers) is a knight fortress in a mixture of French and Arabic. The castle towers at an altitude …
Ezra Church is an Orthodox church built in honor of St. George, which is revered among Muslims.Ezra Church is considered the oldes …
The Cathedral of the Forty Martyrs, belonging to the Armenian Apostolic Church, is located on the site of an earlier building (Chr …
The Great Colonnade is the central street of Palmyra, the length of which is one thousand hundred meters.The main thoroughfares of …
Al-Marqab Castle (Margat) literally translates as the Watchtower. The building is located 30 kilometers north of Tartus. A giant b …
The Arab fortress of Kalaat al-Mudyk was considered an impregnable bastion of the Arab East.The fortress was built on the site of …
Jami Nuri Mosque is located in the city of Hama in Syria. It was built in 1172. According to the inscription on the wall, made in …
Bosra is an ancient city in Syria, which was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1980. The first mention of the city is …
The Temple of Bel is the largest building in Palmyra. The temple is dedicated to the local supreme deity - the lord of thunder and …
The Saladin Citadel is a Syrian castle located 30 kilometers east of Latakia, in the highlands, on a ridge between two deep ravine …
In the third most important Syrian city of Homs is the Church of St. Eliana. From other churches, it is distinguished by the speci …
The Agora Shopping Square is the central square of Palmyra, which served as a market and city meeting place.The square has the sha …
The Great Mosque in Aleppo, or Umayyad Mosque, was built in 715. Here, according to legend, is the tomb of Father John the Baptist …
The Church of St. Simeon the Stylite was built by a disciple of Simeon, St. Daniel the Stylite, who appealed to Emperor Leo the Fi …
