Syria

Visited in April 1994 and November 1997. On both trips I spent far too long in Damascus, which has to be one of my favourite cities, apart from the pollution.

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Syria & Lebanon

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Damascus
Palmyra & Crac des Chevaliers

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Palmyra & Crac des Chevaliers Photo Gallery

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View from the top of the Arab Castle overlooking Palmyra	View looking along the Great Colonnade to the Temple of Bel	The Funerary Temple by the Porticoed Way
The stage of the Theatre	The Monumental Arch, gateway to the Great Colonnade	The entrance into the courtyard of the Temple of Bel
The doorway to the shrine, Temple of Bel	The interior of the shrine	Columns surrounding the shrine
Outside wall of Crac des Chevaliers	View looking down on the inner courtyard	The courtyard of Crac des Chevaliers
Corridor inside the castle	Architectural detail of windows inside the castle	The cleaners left the castle with the Crusaders