This week the UNESCO welcomes us to visit Damascus, a 5000 years old city and nowadays the capital of the country Syria. Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East.
In the Middle Ages, it was the centre of a flourishing craft industry, specializing in swords and lace.
The city has some 125 monuments from different periods of its history. One of the most spectacular is the 8th-century Great Mosque of the Umayyads, built on the site of an Assyrian sanctuary.
The modern state of Syria was formerly a French mandate and attained independence in 1946, but can trace its roots to the fourth millennium BC.
Damascus (Dimashq) is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Its current population is estimated at about 1.67 million.
It was the seat of the Umayyad Empire and a provincial capital of the Mamluk Empire.
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The Mills in Kinderdijk, province Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
The Mills in Kinderdijk, province Zuid-Holland, Netherlands