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WorldTravel > Kathy Wilhelm  > Travel > Caucasus and Middle East 2009 > Syria: Damascus
I stopped twice in Damascus, on the way to Beirut, and then on the way to Amman. My hotel was a comfortable retreat close to the National Museum and not far from the heart of tourists' Damascus, the Old City. See http://bit.ly/9XDVLf and http://bit.ly/a9rBBQ
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Modern entrance to the souq next to 11th century walls
Statue just north of the souq entrance
Inside the souq
Stalls coexistwith Roman arches at the center of the souq.  Beneath the tinsel you can buy a Qur'an.
Minaret on the Umayyad Mosque
Roman arch from the gate to the Roman Temple of Jupiter frames a minaret in the 7th century Umayyad Mosque
Inside the mosque at dusk
Dome of the Treasury, with 14th century mosaics
Detail of the Dome of the Treasury
Modern entrance to the souq next to 11th century walls
Modern entrance to the souq next to 11th century walls
Modern entrance to the souq next to 11th century walls
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