Monuments of Syria أوابد سورية
A Window on Syria's Past by Ross Burns
Maarat al-Numan, 73 kms south of Aleppo on the highway to Hama and Damascus, is a town of classical origins (Megara) which came to greater prominence as one of the important points fortified by the Muslim forces against the Crusaders. Its small fortress became one of the strongpoints on the Muslim side of the line […]
The castle of Burzey (Qalaat Burzey or Mirqa) lies on a spectacular site suspended above the Orontes Valley on the edge of the coastal mountain range, the Jebel Ansariye. تقع على السفوح الشرقية للجبال الساحلية (جبال النصيرية) وتطل إطلالة رائعة على وادي العاصي وسهل الغاب. يظهر المخطط المرفق المراحل التاريخية المتعاقبة في القلعة، اللون الأحمر […]
