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Ancient City of
Aleppo Date of Inscription: 1986 Selection Criteria: iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared; iv to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history; Brief Description
Located at the crossroads of several trade
routes from the 2nd millennium B.C., Aleppo was ruled successively
by the Hittites, Assyrians, Arabs, Mongols, Mamelukes and Ottomans.
The 13th-century citadel, 12th-century Great Mosque and various
17th-century madrasas, palaces, caravanserais and hammams all form
part of the city's cohesive, unique urban fabric, now threatened by
overpopulation. |
