Jawlan - Golan Heights [album]
11 October 2010 | Comments: 0 |
Internationally recognised as Syrian territory occupied by Israel.
Quneitra (also Al Qunaytirah, Qunaitira, or Kuneitra; Arabic: القنيطرة) is the largely destroyed and abandoned capital of the Quneitra Governorate in south-western Syria. It is situated in a high valley in the Golan Heights at an elevation of 1,010 metres (3,313 feet) above sea level. Quneitra was founded in the Ottoman era as a way station on the caravan route to Damascus and subsequently became a garrison (...)
Jabal Samaan [album]
08 October 2010 | Comments: 0 |
Mount Simeon or Mount Simon (Arabic: جبل سمعان ǧabal Samʻān [ˈd͡ʒæbæl sæmˈʕaːn]), also called Mount Laylūn (Arabic: جبل ليلون), is a highland region in Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The mountain is located in the Mount Simeon and Aʻzāz districts of Aleppo Governorate.
Ancient City [album]
19 September 2010 | Comments: 0 |
Aram Damascus was an Aramaean state around Damascus in Syria, from the late 12th century BCE to 734 BCE.
Sources for this state come from texts that can be divided into three categories: Assyrian annals, Aramaean texts, and the Hebrew Bible.
The largest portion of the textual sources come from Assyria. There are, however, often several copies of the same texts. Most of the texts are annals from the Assyrian kings Shalmaneser III, Adad-Nirari III, and Tiglath-Pileser III. The (...)
Dimashq [album]
13 August 2010 | Comments: 0 |
Damascus (Arabic: دمشق, Dimashq, commonly known as الشام ash-Shām also known as City of Jasmin Arabic: مدينة الياسمين) is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world and its current population is estimated at about 1,669,000[1]. The city is a governorate by itself, and the capital of the governorate of Rif Dimashq ("Rural Damascus").
Amrit-Marathos [album]
06 August 2010 | Comments: 0 |
Amrit, also known as Marathos (Ancient Greek Μάραθος) or Marathus, was an ancient city located near Tartous in Syria. It was founded during the Amorites period, 3rd millennium BC.
The city was known as Amrit or Amurre in ancient Canaanite. In the time of Alexander the Great, Amrit was known by the Greek name of Marathos (or the Latin equivalent Marathus). It was one of the biggest cities in the East. Coins minted here in the 2nd and 3rd century BC imply that Amrit played an important (...)
Margat-Qalaat_al-Marqab [album]
06 August 2010 | Comments: 0 |
Margat-Qalaat al-Marqab, Baniyas, Tartus (Tartous), Syria
Margat, also known as Marqab from the Arabic Qalaat al-Marqab (قلعة المرقب, "Castle of the Watchtower") is a castle near Baniyas, Syria, which was a Crusader fortress and one of the major strongholds of the Knights Hospitaller. It is located around 2 km from the Mediterranean coast, approximately 6 km south of Baniyas.
The castle has been in a deplorable state until 2007, when some reconstruction and renovation started (...)
Mountain Breeze Resort [album]
06 August 2010 | Comments: 0 |
Mountain Breeze Resort is a unique site for Rural Tourism in Syria.
The resort, which is about 950 meters above sea level, lies in the midst of a natural forest and fascinatingly overlooks a marvelous valley, not to mention the fantastic view of the Mediterranean.
http://www.mbresort-sy.com/
Arihah [album]
02 July 2010 | Comments: 0 |
Arīḥā (Arabic: أريحا) or (more commonly) Rīḥā (Arabic: ريحا) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Idlib Governorate. Arihah has an altitude of 587 meters. It has a population of 55,017.
Serjilla [album]
02 July 2010 | Comments: 0 |
Serjilla (Arabic: سيرجيلة) is one of the best preserved of the Dead Cities in northwestern Syria. It is located in the Jebel Riha, approx. 65 km north from Hama and approx. 80 km southwest from Aleppo, very close to ruins of another "dead city" of Bara. The settlement arose in a natural basin and prospered from cultivating of grapes and olives. A bath complex indicates the wealth of the community. Unusually, it was built in 473, already during the time of Christianity. In 1899 an archeological (...)
