KliX's photos with the keyword: Syria

reading in this lovely courtyard with a cat (in d´fact more than one) around, a hubbly bubbly and tea. What else would one need?

Handicraft men decorating wood with Syrian traditional decorations

in the market for handicrafts waiting patiently for customers, usually tourists

on traditional dresses. Possibly these are motives from Palestinian tradition

in the Takiiyah Al-Sulaymaniyah Damascus, Syria

The oasis of Palmyra, standing in the sand nowhere. Each plantation gets water form the small stream for a few hours a day or maybe one day a month. How can it be so green and prosperous? There are Palm trees and trees of Pomegranate and figs and olive trees

This guy probably rents his horses to the tourists. Here he is washing them in the stream that nourishes the whole oasis

Palmyra is splendid, a very particular place. It is where the Roman and Sassanid Empires in the Antique met and their influence were mixed with the characteristics of the population by then Helenic-Aramean-Arabic en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmyra Palmyra was the defiant city that tried to defy Rome and was destroyed by it after2 revolutions. You can see the Triumph Arch and Main (Pillar) Street. You can see the people leaning on the pillars. You can get, thus, an impression about their dimension.

Palmyra is splendid, a very particular place. It is where the Roman and Sassanid Empires in the Antique met and their influence were mixed with the characteristics of the population by then Helenic-Aramean-Arabic en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmyra In front Temple Of Baalshamin ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal_Shamin ) from 130AD and behind the castle of Palmyra built by Prince Fakhr Addin Al-Maani II of Mount Lebanon (17th century)

Palmyra is splendid, a very particular place. It is where the Roman and Sassanid Empires in the Antique met and their influence were mixed with the characteristics of the population by then Helenic-Aramean-Arabic en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmyra To the right you see the end of the Pillar Street and to the left the peculiar tomb-towers. It was a very misty and windy day but this might have added some effects to the picture

To those who might not know there 2 Palm Sundays as there 2 Easters! One Easter is recognized by the occidental churches (Catholic and Protestant) and the other one by the Oriental Orthodox ones. This here is not a military parade but it is the procession of Orthodox Palm Sunday (this year at the same day of Easter Sunday of the occidental churches) in the Qassaa street in Damascus. These Church scouts would parade with instruments and flags and then children are parading in Feast clothing. Here you can see the people who are celebrating in their festive clothing,often very sexy dresses of the ladies...

At the foot of stairs leading to the majestic Grand Omayad Mosque you would find Al-Nawfara (i.e. the fountain) where there are 2 splendid cafés, one of them pretty traditional that are a haven for tourists who have sore feet from walking around, a place to relax, watch passers by and drink a tea

One of Damascus's 8 still existing gates. Bab al Faradis means the Gate of Paradise(s).It is almost not invisible here among the shops etc.

in Qaymariyah, Old City, Damascus

at the Spice Market (Buzuriyah)

Here (to my left) starts the spice market (Al-Buzuriyah). The picture is showing some passers by and the continuation of the market

Farrukh Shah was the nephew of Saladin and the Emir of Baalbek (Lebanon) for a short period of time. He led many battles against the Crusaders and defeated the army of Baldwin IV , Latin King of Jerusalem, near Banyas (Western Syria) in 1179 courtesy to Damascene Blog