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Damascus Old City

Rank:

Top 100

Wonder Type: Cultural

Country: Syrian Arab Republic

Best of: Old Town, Architecture, Ottoman

Description:

Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the centre of a flourishing craft industry, specializing in swords and lace. The city has some 125 monuments from different periods of its history – one of the most spectacular is the 8th-century Great Mosque of the Umayyads, built on the site of an Assyrian sanctuary. [More Details]

This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Damascus Old City", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.