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Maktab Anbar

Maktab Anbar (Arabic: مكتب عنبر‎) (Anbar Office) is a house in the center of Old Damascus, Syria. The house was built as a private residence by a local Jewish notable Mr. Anbar in the mid 19th century and was later confiscated by the Ottoman government after Mr. Anbar's bankruptcy.

Bab Al Saghir

Bāb aṣ-Ṣaghīr (Arabic: بَـاب الـصَّـغِـيْـر‎, "Small Gate"), also called Goristan-e-Ghariban, may refer to one of the seven gates in the Old City of Damascus, and street in the modern city of Damascus, Syria.

Cemetery Bab as-Saghir

Maqbarah al-Bāb aṣ-Ṣaghīr (Arabic: مَـقْـبَـرَة الْـبَـاب الـصَّـغِـيْـر‎) is the ancient maqbarah (Arabic: مَـقْـبَـرَة‎, cemetery) which is some 200 meters to the southwest of the Bab al-Saghir gate.Notable interments:

Tekkiye Mosque

The Tekkiye Mosque or Sultan Selim Mosque (Arabic: التَّكِيَّة السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة‎, romanized: et-Tekiyye es-Süleymāniyye, Turkish: Selimiye Camii or Sultan Selim Camii) is a mosque complex in Damascus, Syria, located on the banks of the Barada River.Sultan Suleiman…

Damascus

Damascus ( də-MASS-kəs or də-MAHS-kəs; Arabic: دمشق‎, romanized: Dimaşk Arabic pronunciation: [diˈmaʃq], Syrian Arabic: Arabic pronunciation: [dɪˈmaʃʔ], Classical Syriac: ܕܰܪܡܣܘܩ‎, romanized: Darmswq) is the capital of Syria, the oldest capital in the world and, according t…

Siege of Damascus (634)

The siege of Damascus (634) lasted from 21 August to 19 September 634 before the city fell to the Rashidun Caliphate. Damascus was the first major city of the Eastern Roman Empire to fall in the Muslim conquest of Syria.The last of the Roman–Persian Wars ended in 628, after Heraclius concluded a s…

National Archealogical Museum

The National Museum of Damascus (Arabic: الْمَتْحَفُ الْوَطَنِيُّ بِدِمَشْقَ‎) is a museum in the heart of Damascus, Syria.

Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery

Our Lady of Saidnaya Patriarchal Monastery (Arabic: دير سيدة صيدنايا البطريركي‎) is a monastery of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch located in Saidnaya, Syria.

Saidnaya

Saidnaya (also transliterated Saydnaya or Sednaya from the Syriac: ܣܝܕܢܝܐ‎, Arabic: صيدنايا‎, romanized: Ṣaydnāyā) is a city located in the mountains, 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level, 27 km (17 mi) north of the city of Damascus in Syria.

Al-Rukniyah Madrasa

Al-Rukniyah Madrasa (Arabic: الْمَدْرَسَة الرُّكْنِيَّة‎, romanized: al-Madrasah ar-Ruknīyah) is a 13th-century madrasah located in Damascus, Syria.Al-Adiliyah Madrasa Az-Zahiriyah Library Nur al-Din Madrasa

Damascus Opera House

The Damascus Opera House (officially Dar al-Assad for Culture and Arts) (Arabic: دَارُ الْأَسَدِ لِلثَّقَافَةِ وَالْفُنُونِ‎) is the national opera house of Syria.

Mansouri Great Mosque

The Mansouri Great Mosque (Arabic: المسجد المنصوري الكبير‎) is a mosque in Tripoli, Lebanon, also known simply as The Great Mosque of Tripoli. It was built in the Mamluk period, from 1294 to 1314.

Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles

The Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles, also known as Mons Peregrinus ("Pilgrim's Mountain"), Qala'at Sanjil and Qala'at Tarablus in Arabic, is a citadel and fort on a hilltop in Tripoli, Lebanon.

Mt. Sna'im

Har Senaim or Senaim (Hebrew: הר סנאים‎, romanized: Har Senaʾim, lit. 'Mount of squirrels'; Arabic: Hafur el-Qurn, or Tell el-Hafur, or Arabic: جبل الحلاوة‎, romanized: Jabal Halawa, lit. 'Mountain of Sweetness'), is an archaeological site that sits on a peak near Mount Her…

Second Battle of Mount Hermon

The Second Battle of Mount Hermon was fought on October 8, 1973, during the Yom Kippur War between the Syrian Army and the Israeli Army. After the IDF outpost on Mount Hermon was captured by Syria on October 6, Israel decided to launch a hasty counterattack.

Stone of the Pregnant Woman

The Stone of the Pregnant Woman (Arabic: Hajar el Hibla) or Stone of the South is a Roman monolith in Baalbek (ancient Heliopolis), Lebanon. Together with another ancient stone block nearby, it is among the largest monoliths ever quarried.

Mar Sarkis, Ehden

The Monastery of Mar Sarkis, Ehden (known also as Mar Sarkis, Ras Al Nahr, Arabic: دير القديسين سركيس و باخوس – رأس النهر‎) is a monastery located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon.

Iaat

Iaat (Arabic: إيعات‎ also transliterated as Ya'ad, Yaad, Yaat, or Iaad) is a town and municipality located in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon, famed for its Corinthian column: this is a single column of unknown date (but probably dated from Roman times), approximately half way between Baalbek and…

Gibran Museum

The Gibran Museum, formerly the Monastery of Mar Sarkis, is a biographical museum in Bsharri, Lebanon, 120 kilometres (75 mi) from Beirut.

Leontes Bridge

The Leontes Bridge is a Roman bridge in Lebanon; it crosses the Litani River (the ancient Leontes) in the vicinity of Nahr Abou Assouad, 10 km north of Tyre.

Battle of Jezzine

The Battle of Jezzine (13 June 1941) was part of the Australian 7th Division's advance on Beirut during the five-week-long Syria-Lebanon campaign by the Allies against Vichy French forces in Syria and Lebanon.

Nabi Habeel Mosque

Nabi Habeel Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلنَّبِي هَابِيْل‎, romanized: Masjid An-Nabī Hābīl; Turkish: Nabi Habeel Camii), or "Mosque of the Prophet Abel", is a shrine dedicated to Habeel, located on the west mountains of Damascus, near the Zabadani Valley, overlooking the vil…

Qasr el Banat, Lebanon

Qasr el Banat (Arabic: قصر البنات) is an ancient temple (probably Roman) situated 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) east of Chlifa in the Baalbek District of the Beqaa Governorate in the city of Qsarnaba (Lebanon).It is believed the site was called the "Castle of Virgins" and was the residence of vi…

Monastery of St Anthony of Qozhaya

Qozhaya (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܢܛܘܢܝܘܣ ܩܘܙܚܝܐ‎, Arabic: دير مار أنطونيوس قزحيا‎), also transliterated Qazahya is located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon.

Roman temple of Qasr Neba

Kasarnaba (Arabic: قصرنبا‎) is a town in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon famous for its hilly terrain and Traditional Agricultural practices.The town is located at the shoulder of The Western Lebanese Mountain Range just to the East of Mount Sanine specifically and it o…

Temnin el-Foka

Temnin el-Foka (Arabic: تمنين الفوقا‎) is a small village in the Baalbek District in Lebanon.Temnin el-Foqa was created during Roman times, but the original name is unknown.

Battle of Sultan Yacoub

The Battle of Sultan Yacoub was a battle between Syria and Israel during the 1982 Lebanon War, which occurred near the village of Sultan Yacoub in the Lebanese Bekaa, close to the borders with Syria.

Lower Small Temple of Niha

Niha (Arabic: نيحا‎ [ˈniħa]) is a village in the Bekaa Valley about 8 km (5.0 mi) north of Zahlé. It is famous for its Roman archeological ruins in the outskirts, and in particular two lower Roman temples that date back to the 1st century AD.The name Niha is used by four Lebanese towns or v…

Afqa

Afqa (Arabic: افقا‎; also spelled Afka) is a village and municipality located in the Byblos District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, 71 kilometres (44 mi) northeast of Beirut in Lebanon. It has an average elevation of 1,200 meters above sea level and a total land area of 934 hectares.

Barouk

Barouk (Arabic: باروك‎) is a village in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Barouk is located 52 kilometers southeast of Beirut. Its average elevation is 1000 to 1200 meters above sea level and its total land area consists of 2,762 hectares.

ghazir church

Ghazir (Arabic: غزير‎) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of Beirut. It has an average elevation of 380 meters above sea level and a total land area of 542 hectares (2.09 sq mi).

Sursock Gardens

The Sursock Museum (Arabic: قصر سرسق‎), which is officially known as the Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum, is a modern art and contemporary art museum in Beirut, Lebanon.In 1912, the wealthy and prominent Lebanese aristocrat Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock built the private villa that now houses the…

Roman Baths

The Roman Berytus (Roman Baths) are located in the middle of downtown Beirut, Lebanon between Banks Street and Capuchin Street.

Beirut Art Center

Beirut Art Center is a space for exhibiting contemporary art in Beirut, LebanonBeirut Art Center opened to public in January 2009.

Martyr's Monument

Martyrs' Monument was built to honor the hanging of a cross-confessional group of Lebanese Patriots on May 6, 1916, who had spoken against Turkish rule by Ottoman General Jamal Pasha. It is located at what is now known as Martyrs' Square in the heart of downtown Beirut, Lebanon.

St George Greek Orthodox Cathedral

Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral (consecrated 1764, Arabic: كاتدرائية القديس جاورجيوس للروم الارثوذكس‎) is the seat of the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut and its dependencies.