Aleppo old town
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| National territory: |
 Syria
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | iii, iv |
| Reference No .: | 21st |
| UNESCO region : | Arabic states |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 1986 (session 10) |
| Red list : | 2013 |
The old city of Aleppo is counted among the oldest old towns throughout the East and is part of the since 1986 UNESCO ( UNESCO World Heritage recognized) World Heritage in Syria . However, due to the Syrian civil war , it is on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger .
Buildings
The old town of Aleppo includes the old bazaar (Suq), the world's largest covered market district, the Umayyad mosque , as well as several historical city entrances such as the Bab al-Faraj and also old residential areas with palaces such as the Beit Ghazaleh in the Christian quarter of al-Judaide . Until the pogrom of 1947 , the Aleppine Central Synagogue was the oldest synagogue in the world still in use. Famous buildings also include the Ottoman Adliye Mosque and the Chusrawiyya Mosque - a work by the architect Sinan .
In the Judaide district, which arose immediately north of the city walls, there are churches for various denominations, some of which were built in the 15th century, including the Syrian Catholic Church of Saint Assia , the Armenian Cathedral of the Forty Martyrs , and the Greek Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Maronite St. Elias Cathedral . Some were destroyed in the civil war, but some have already been rebuilt, such as the Forty Martyrs Cathedral.
Emergence
The old town of Aleppo, with its 5000 year history, is one of the oldest trading cities in the Middle East. Over 16,000 individual buildings, mostly introverted courtyard houses, add to the characteristic neighborhood structures that are accessed by dead-end streets.
Effects of the civil war on the old town
In 2012 the first fighting took place in Aleppo. The civil war in Syria and the fighting over Aleppo, which also took place intensively in the old town, was accompanied by the destruction of historical monuments such as the great Umayyad mosque , parts of the souk area and , above all, individual traditional residential areas. Many historical evidence has been damaged or almost destroyed, and so are the hopes that were associated with the decades of preservation and renewal of the old town. The urban culture, which not only includes the historical monuments, but also the language, music, handicrafts and above all the way of life of the residents, which was determined by the coexistence of different ethnic and religious groups, was severely disrupted. The six main monuments of the world heritage were all badly damaged.
At the beginning of December 2016, the entire old town was recaptured by Syrian government troops.
reconstruction
Initiatives such as “The Aleppo Project” and “Rebuilding Aleppo” as well as the German association “Friends of the Old Town of Aleppo”, in cooperation with global partners such as the World Bank and UNESCO, are concerned with the reconstruction of the old town and other parts of the city .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aleppo: Further advance of the Syrian army . Deutschlandfunk, December 7, 2016.
- ^ The Aleppo Project , Initiative for the Reconstruction of Aleppo
- ^ Rebuilding Aleppo , initiative for the reconstruction of Aleppo
- ^ Friends of the old town of Aleppo e. V.
- ^ The Importance of Planning Syria's Eventual Reconstruction , World Bank
Heritage: Old Damascus (1979, R ) | Ancient city of Bosra (1980, R ) | Palmyra (1980, R ) | Old City of Aleppo (1986, R ) | Krak des Chevaliers and Qalʿat Salah ed-Din (2006, R ) | Ancient villages in Northern Syria (2011, R )
Coordinates: 36 ° 10 ′ 58.8 ″ N , 37 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ E