| Page Views: 2,098 Last Visit to Damascus: September, 2006 | Damascus by iwys - last update: Jan 3, 2009 |
|  | Damascus disputes with Aleppo the title of being the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. Here you can find traces of nearly every major episode in the history of the Middle East. You can follow in the footsteps of St. Paul, see the Roman gates to the city, visit the tombs of Saladin and Hussein, wander around eighteenth century courtyards and even see a one-hundred-year-old steam train.
"No recorded event has occurred in the world but Damascus was in existence to receive news of it.....There was always a Damascus" Mark Twain. |
From the 6th to 7th centuries Damascus was the most important city in the Middle East, being the capital of an Umayyad empire that extended from India to Spain. Today it is the capital of Syria and has a population of 4.5 million. | | |
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janiebaxter Sat May 9, 2009 14:23 UTC
Great pages on Damascus - one of my fave cities. Spent ages looking for Richard Burton's old house and finally found it but couldn't go in. Looking forward to having a good look at your other pages. Greetings from Manchester, UK - Cold and rainy in May! | hunterV Sun Feb 22, 2009 18:34 UTC
Hello, Ian! Thanks for your description... It's an amazing place to visit... | jumpingnorman Wed Feb 18, 2009 05:00 UTC
Hi Ian! Quite a lot of history in Damascus -- you're so lucky you've been there...hope I'll see those mosques and ruins someday...Norman :) ----lol, I thought the Minbar was a "minibar", hehehe | Trekki Sat Jan 3, 2009 13:19 UTC
Raspberry juice... I think, I'd stay there for the rest of my life :-) Fantastic reading, Ian, and I wasn't aware how much of the religions have their marks in Damascus. I shall visit one day, definitely. And as there is joghurt.... |
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