The capital of Syria Damascus is a mysterious and mysterious city shrouded in legends and secrets of ancient Syria. According to an ancient legend, it is believed that Damascus was the first city on Earth, it was founded and built by the first people of Adam and Eve.
This city unites and includes many religions, Christianity and Islam, many holy relics are here. The Umeyad Mosque is located in Damascus, once upon a time the Aramaic god Haad was worshiped here, later the Romans erected a temple of Jupiter of Damascus here. In the 4th century, during the reign of Emperor Theodosius, this temple was destroyed, in its place the Basilica of St. Zechariah was built, later it became known in honor of John the Baptist. Then the temple was rebuilt into a mosque, now this place is the heart of the Old City. The mosque has a mosaic decoration of golden smalt inside, a marble floor, and onyx walls, in the courtyard there is an octagonal treasury of Kubat Al-Khazna. The Umayyad Mosque houses the head of St. John the Baptist, Muslims call him their prophet Yahya.
Nearby is the minaret of the Bride, on which there is an observation deck — a balcony with a magnificent view of the city and the minaret of Jesus, built specifically for the Savior, who should descend on the eve of the end of the world. Another Jami Sheikh Moikh Moha Ad-Din, revered by the women of this country, is located in the center of the residential quarter, and is laid out of white and black stone. Inside the courtyard there is the tomb of St. Mohi ad-Din, who fulfills the desires of Muslim women associated with love, family happiness and the health of relatives.
You can get into this beautiful city and see all its beauties by purchasing fairly cheap Aeroflot tickets without getting up from your chair directly on the Internet and immediately printing out your e-ticket.
Al Hamidiya is the oldest market in the Middle East where you can shop for a variety of tastes and colors. A large number of souvenir shops, jewelry quarters, scarves and shawls, wooden fakes, national costumes, carpet shops, many stalls with oriental sweets. You can haggle in the market, many Syrian traders will meet you halfway if they are imbued with sympathy. Here you can just walk, get acquainted with the local color, inhale the aromas of spices, look at bright shop windows, reptile mummies in the old shops of local doctors. You can relax in a cafe, try a hookah, or listen to the eastern storyteller — Khakavati telling original stories.
Syria also hosts the National Museum with a rich collection of ceramics, glass, mosaics, statues and jewelry. There are ancient manuscripts and a palace room — Azema with magnificent wooden inlay. There are many tombstones, sculptures and monuments in the open air in the park of the museum. It will be interesting to see the Old Station, which looks like a stone palace, next to it is the Dervish Mosque, the ruler of Damascus is buried in the mausoleum.
Another shrine of Syria, Maalula, is a small village where the monastery of Saints Sergius and Bacchus is located, and the monastery with the relics of Saint Thekla. Anyone who comes here to the ancient and legendary country of Syria with its interesting history and ancient architectural monuments will be able to see many beautiful and interesting places.