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  2. Citadel of Aleppo - Wikipedia

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    Hadad Temple Inside the Citadel The inner gate of the citadel View from outside Entrance gate The fortified entrance Entrance to the Throne Hall: an iwan with ablaq masonry The Throne Hall. The Citadel of Aleppo (Arabic: قلعة حلب, romanized: Qalʿat Ḥalab) is a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of Aleppo ...

  3. Aleppo - Wikipedia

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    Throne hall of the citadel Aleppo Citadel, roof of the baths, with the mosque and minaret in the background. There is a relatively clear division between old and new Aleppo. The older portions of the city, with an approximate area of 160 ha (0.6 sq mi) are contained within a wall, 5 km (3.1 mi) in circuit with nine gates.

  4. Ancient Aleppo - Wikipedia

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    The Ancient City of Aleppo (Arabic: مدينة حلب القديمة, romanized: Madīnat Ḥalab al-Qadīma) is the historic city centre of Aleppo, Syria.Prior to the Syrian Civil War, many districts of the ancient city remained essentially unchanged since they were initially constructed between the 11th and 16th centuries.

  5. Video shows heavy damage to historic citadel in Aleppo - AOL

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    Footage released Feb. 7 shows heavy damage to the citadel of Aleppo in Syria, considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

  6. Qal'at Najm - Wikipedia

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    Also like the Citadel of Aleppo, its entrance is characterized by a ramp and a massive gate with four bends. [4] At least three, and possibly a fourth, inscription dating to Az-Zahir's reign have been found at Qal'at Najm. Inside Qal'at Najm is a palace-bath complex, consisting of four wings opening to a central courtyard with a fountain. [4]

  7. Bab al-Faraj (Aleppo) - Wikipedia

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    Bab al-Faraj (Arabic: بَاب الْفَرَج, romanized: Bāb al-Faraj or Bāb al-Faraǧ), meaning the Gate of Deliverance or Bab al-Faradis was one of the nine main gates of the ancient city walls of Aleppo, Syria. It was located at the northern side of the ancient city. [1] The gate was ruined in 1904.

  8. Aleppo Citadel - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 12 May 2007, at 16:09 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply ...

  9. Syrian Rebels Retake Aleppo in Shock Offensive - AOL

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    Videos and images over the course of the last few days purported to show rebel forces in Aleppo burning Syrian flags and vandalizing posters of Assad, with whom they’ve been locked in a bloody ...