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Tour Name : Old Damascus
Glimmering with its
modernity & antiquity, it’s the oldest city in the world.
Full day in Damascus visit
of :
The
Omayyad Mosque:
It was constructed on the site of what has always been a place of
worship: first, a temple for Hadad, the Aramean god of the ancient
Syrians three thousand years ago; then, a pagan temple (the temple of
Jupiter the Damascene) during the Roman era. It was later turned into a
church called John the Baptist when Christianity spread in the fourth
century. Following the Islamic conquest in 635, Muslims and Christians
agreed to partition it between them, and they began to perform their
rituals side by side.
The Azem Palace:
This also stands at the heart of the Old City, on the southern side of
the Omayyad Mosque, and very close to it. It is an astonishing example
of a Damascus house.
The souqs:
The old covered
souqs of Damascus have a unique flavour you can savor with eyes closed.
As you walk about in the warm darkness of these streets with their
fragrant scents, spices, and colourful merchandise spilling out of the
shops onto the pavements, you enter the strange world of exotic legend.
Most prominent of these are:
Souq
Al-Hamidiyeh
Souq Midhat Pasha
Souq Al-Harir
Souq Al-Bzourieh
The Romans to persecute the Christians
St.paul:
It commemorates the memory of St. Paul, whose name was Saul of
Tarsus, charged by the Romans to persecute the Christians As he
approached the village of Daraya, a burst of blinding light took his
sight away, and he heard Jesus Christ ask him "Saul, why do you
persecute me? This was a vision of faith. He was taken unconscious to
Damascus, attended by Hananiya, Christ's disciple, and became one of the
staunchest advocates of Christianity. His Jewish peers decided to kill
him, but he hid in a house by the city wall. The church is located at
the site of his escape. He traveled to Antioch, Athens, and Rome, after
a brief stay in Jerusalem, and continued to teach the gospel until he
died.
In the evening panoramic view over Damascus from Kassion Mountain.
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