KliX's photos with the keyword: SY09

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

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 I think you would say that this is exactly how you expect a place like Syria to be, camels, tents, caravans,.. WRONG! This is the only place where I saw camels, for tourists! To the background you see peculiar tomb-towers. It was a very misty and windy day but this might have added some effects to the picture.

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 the front are the remains of some pillars of the main Pillar Street. To the background you see peculiar tomb-towers. It was a very misty and windy day but this might have added some effects to the picture.

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 Do you see the little stream in front(bottom? It nourishes all this oasis in the middle of this steps.

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

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

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

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