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Ancient City of Aleppo

Syrian Arab Republic
Date of Inscription: 1986
Criteria: (iii)(iv)
Aleppo
N36 13 59.988 E37 10 0.012
Ref: 21

Brief Description

Located at the crossroads of several trade routes from the 2nd millennium B.C., Aleppo was ruled successively by the Hittites, Assyrians, Arabs, Mongols, Mamelukes and Ottomans. The 13th-century citadel, 12th-century Great Mosque and various 17th-century madrasas, palaces, caravanserais and hammams all form part of the city's cohesive, unique urban fabric, now threatened by overpopulation.

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