The beauty of the land of bombs rain storm bullet, Syria

The ancient sites could be destroyed if the fight becomes battle rain Syrian bomb , bullet storm ...

Syria is one of the hot spots received international attention today. Referring to this country , most of us only hear phrases such as conflict , war , riot or chemical weapons ...

Few people know that in Syria there are many beautiful places " tilt tilted into the water ." With the current political situation , unless there are appropriate safeguards , they can be very destructive , destroying the bombs rain , storm bullet ...

 Beautiful Places in Syria

Located in central Syria , not far from the capital, Damascus , Palmyra is one of the city 's most important ancient Syria. In Arabic , the city 's name Tadmor , which means " city resilient , indomitable " .

In ancient times , this is the destination of Carnival groups perform through the desert to Syria . From there , it was put to Palmyra nickname " Desert Bride " .

The beautiful sites in Syria

Mosque in Damascus is one of the largest and oldest mosque , the holiest of the Muslim world . Built from the eighth century , this is the individual to worship saints John the Baptist ( Yahya ) . The highlight of the Damascus mosque architecture featuring arches decorated with the famous mosaic pieces .

Visit this church , visitors can admire the " Dome of the Treasury " - an octagonal structure on 8 mosaic Roman stone column . Built in 789 , " Dome of the Treasury " as a place to keep the property and money of the faithful sacrifice for the church .

Located in northern Syria , we come to the ancient citadel of Aleppo in the world class level . It is built on a sacred hill on 3 millennium BC and the Syrians believe that the prophet Abraham was milking sheep here . Throughout its long history , the Citadel of Aleppo had once belonged to Alexander the Great , the Ottoman Empire .

Today, the only remains of the Citadel , where the palace is located Ghazi glory and a place can not visit .

Featured in Syria

Also in Aleppo , the shopper will have the opportunity to unleash hovering in the busy market area ... up to 13km : Souq Al - Madina . Property alleys long , narrow , Souq Al - Madina is traded center , the world's largest commercial antiquity.

Here, one can find the luxury items of luxury goods exported from the East to the West and vice versa . In addition, visitors can also buy many handicraft items like raw silk from Iran , dyes or the spices of India ...

City dead in northern Syria

City death ( Forgotten City ) is a collection of 700 abandoned houses in northern Syria . According to estimates by the archaeologists , which used to be the home of the last 40 village rich ancient and Byzantine .

According to scientists , the reason they were abandoned , most likely due to the transition from the religion of ancient Rome to Christianity . The ancient Syria has not used the style of old Roman architecture anymore so he moved to a new land to rebuild .

Cities in Syria

Located not far northwest of Aleppo , we come to the most ancient Byzantine church in the world : the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites . Born in the fifth century , the church was built to commemorate the monk Simeon Stylites - celebrated for 37 years lived on a 15m high stone pillar until his death .

The houses in Syria

If you want a glimpse of the homes appear only in fairy tales , please visit Sarouj village in Syria . This is a typical old village house is the " honeycomb " is 1-0-2 . Houses here are built of mud and brick , cone , with very high ceilings , cool in summer and warm in winter .

Arena in Syria

Few people know that in ancient times , Syria was one of the areas affected deeply by the Roman Empire . One of the marks typical of that period is the ancient city of Bosra .

Here, visitors can find a square built in the Roman architectural style , which can accommodate up to 15,000 people and the sound system is very good after being forgotten for thousands of years .

Bosra City

In addition, there is the city of Bosra many mosques , monuments and characteristic dome Arabic . This place is definitely worth a visit when first coming to Syria .

Apamea City

Located on the banks of the Orontes River , the city of Apamea ( also known as Pharmake ) is located as a land of rich and fertile ancient Roman Empire . The name Apamea was named after the wife of King Seleucus I Nicator , who had explored and expanded 300TCN city this year .

Highlights of Apamea is the way North - South axis of the city . Running over 2km long as 2 large stone columns bearing the influence of Roman architecture .

The most amazing water wheel

Also located on the banks of the Orontes River , visitors can look to the cities of Hama and admire " the great water wheel ever built ." That is the beauty of the system is used to call the water wheel along the river , was built in Byzantine times here .

Accordingly , this project is aimed at building the canal water for agriculture in Hama . Currently, the city is still maintained by 17 wheels, the largest diameter of up to 20m