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Noria at night
Abu Al Fida Mosque
Krak des Chevaliers
Great Mosque Hama
Apamea
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Beehive houses
Qasr ibn Wardan
Baka-shugur castle
Marqab castle
Druze girls
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Jebel al-Ansariye
Saone castle
Qalat al-Kahf
Al Hassanian Mosque
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Ain Dara
Temple of Bel
Zechariah's tomb, Great Mosque
Temple of Baal
Ayyubid mosque doorway
Aleppo citadel facade
Lake Assad
Lampmaker
Khan ash-Shuna
Khaled
Trend poster
Narthex
Caravanserai museum
The poet and philosopher Al Ma'ari
Hittite sphinx
Entrance to Souk al-Hamadiye
San Simeon basilica
San Simeon
Old arches
Sahyoun castle
Palmyra colonnade
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Qalat Jaber
Church in Qasr ibn Wardan
Main street, Palmyra
Palmyra arches
Baghdad anyone?
End of market
Cotton twigs
Early fortress
Ulleiqa arches
Pilgrims in Damascus
Palmetto palm and oranges
Mt. Qassioun panorama
Modeling the local clothing
Dar al-Anbar
Barada river
Minaret of Jesus

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Sahyoun castle

Sahyoun castle

Sahyoun

The castle sits on a spur of land between two densely pine-clad ravines. Saladin breached the castle walls from the south (the right of the picture.)

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