Places

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Mosques, caravanserais, souks, museums — and why they are worth the walk.

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Dar Rajab Pasha, Aleppo’s Palace of Culture

A 16th-century Ottoman mansion near Bab al-Faraj, now Aleppo’s Palace of Culture. In 2025 it hosted craft shows, qudud concerts and a festival. Hours unconfirmed.

Aleppo · Ottoman

Latakia · 1905

Hamidiye Serail, Latakia

Latakia’s Ottoman government house, built in 1905 and named after Sultan Abdulhamid II. Today it is the police headquarters, so only the stone façade is seen.

Latakia · Ottoman, 1905 (reign of Abdulhamid II)

Aleppo · 12th century

The Matbakh al-Ajami Palace

A 12th-century palace on the street from the Aleppo Citadel to the Great Mosque, under the largest surviving Ayyubid dome. It held a folk museum from 1967 to 1975.

Aleppo · Zengid — Ayyubid