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Beit al-Aqqad
Unseen behind the high walls within the Old City are hundreds of delightful houses built around courtyards and featuring their own elaborate decoration. Unfortunately, many of these treasures are in a sad state of disrepair, but a loop off Straight St takes in several examples, all of which have benefited from renovation.
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Citadel
The Citadel anchors the northwest corner of the Old City, its imposing stone walls confronting the six lanes of traffic on Sharia ath-Thawra. Built by the Seljuks between 1076 and 1193, the citadel was further fortified by the Zangid ruler Sultan Nur al-Din and by the Ayyubid Sultan Saladin in the 12th century to resist Crusader attacks. Modifications were added by the Mamluks and Ottomans, and during the French mandate it became a prison, which it remained until 1985.
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Dahdah Palace
Unseen behind the high walls within the Old City are hundreds of delightful houses built around courtyards and featuring their own elaborate decoration. Unfortunately, many of these treasures are in a sad state of disrepair, but a loop off Straight St takes in several examples, all of which have benefited from renovation.
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Hejaz Train Station
A little south and west of Al-Merjeh, the grand Hejaz Train Station, completed in 1917, was the northern terminus of the Hejaz Railway, built to ferry pilgrims to Medina. Compared with the transport palaces of Europe the station is a provincial affair, but the interior has a beautiful decorated ceiling.
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Imaret Sultan Süleiman
Imaret Sultan Süleiman, another building designed by Sinan (the architect behind Takiyya as-Süleimaniyya), is across the main street. Historian Ross Burns, in Monuments of Syria: A Historical Guide, suggests the Hanbila Mosque is worth a visit for the Crusader columns in the courtyard; however, it's often locked.
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Khan az-Zeit
Straight Street is busiest at the western end (Souq Medhat Pasha), where it's largely devoted to shops selling textiles and clothes. There are several old khans in this area, their gates still locked at night. On the north side is the pretty Khan az-Zeit.
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Khan Jakmak
Straight Street is busiest at the western end (Souq Medhat Pasha), where it's largely devoted to shops selling textiles and clothes. There are several old khans in this area, their gates still locked at night. Khan Jakmak is one example.
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Khan Süleiman Pasha
Straight Street is busiest at the western end (Souq Medhat Pasha), where it's largely devoted to shops selling textiles and clothes. There are several old khans in this area, their gates still locked at night. Khan Süleiman Pasha, built in 1732, has a central courtyard that was formerly roofed by two domes.
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Maktab Anbar
Unseen behind the high walls within the Old City are hundreds of delightful houses built around courtyards and featuring their own elaborate decoration. Unfortunately, many of these treasures are in a sad state of disrepair, but a loop off Straight St takes in several examples, all of which have benefited from renovation.
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