Landmarks of Syria

A guide to the archaeological and heritage landmarks of Syria, each with its story, era and credited photos.

• Ain Dara Temple
• Al-Bara
• Al-Jdeideh Quarter, Aleppo
• Al-Muhammadiyya Noria
• Al-Muzayrib Castle
• Al-Omari Mosque, Bosra
• Al-Zahiriyya Madrasa (Baybars Mausoleum)
• Amrit
• Ancient City of Aleppo
• Apamea
• Apamea Mosaic Museum (Khan al-Madiq)
• Arwad Island and Fortress
• Azm Palace
• Azm Palace (Hama)
• Bab Antakya (Antioch Gate)
• Bab Qinnasrin
• Bab Sharqi (East Gate)
• Bab Touma
• Bab al-Faradis
• Bab al-Saghir Cemetery
• Baghdad Gate, Raqqa
• Barad
• Barada River (Central Damascus)
• Basilica of Qalb Loze
• Beit Ajiqbash (Museum of Popular Traditions)
• Beit Ghazaleh
• Bimaristan Arghun al-Kamili
• Bosra
• Bosra Roman Theatre and Citadel
• Byzantine Cathedral of Bosra
• Cathedral of Constantine and Helen, Yabroud
• Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa (Tartus Museum)
• Central Synagogue of Aleppo (al-Bandara)
• Chapel of Ananias
• Chapel of Saint Paul (Bab Kisan)
• Cherubim Monastery, Saidnaya
• Church of Saint George, Ezra
• Church of Saint Mary of the Holy Belt (Umm al-Zinnar)
• Church of Saint Simeon Stylites (Qal'at Sim'an)
• Church of the Forty Martyrs (Armenian Apostolic)
• Citadel of Aleppo
• Citadel of Damascus
• Convent of Saint Thecla, Maaloula
• Cyrrhus (Nabi Huri)
• Darwishiyya Mosque
• Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi
• Deir ez-Zor Suspension Bridge
• Dura-Europos
• Dura-Europos Church (House Church)
• Dura-Europos Synagogue
• Ebla
• Great Colonnade of Palmyra
• Great Mosque of Aleppo
• Great Mosque of Binnish
• Great Mosque of Hama
• Halabiye (Zenobia)
• Hammam Nur al-Din
• Hammam Yalbugha al-Nasiri
• Hijaz Railway Station
• Husn Suleiman (Baetocaece)
• Kadesh (Tell Nebi Mend)
• Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque
• Khan As'ad Pasha
• Khan al-Wazir
• Kharab Shams Basilica
• Krak des Chevaliers
• Lake Al-Muzayrib
• Latakia Tetraporticus (Arch of Septimius Severus)
• Ma'arrat al-Nu'man Museum (Khan Murad Pasha)
• Maaloula
• Madrasa al-Firdaws
• Madrasa al-Halawiyya
• Mahalibeh Castle
• Maktab Anbar
• Mari (Tell Hariri)
• Mariamite Cathedral
• Marjeh Square
• Marqab Castle
• Masyaf Castle
• Mausoleum of Saladin
• Monastery of Saint George, al-Humayra
• Monastery of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, Maaloula
• Monumental Arch of Palmyra
• Mount Qasioun
• Nabataean Arch, Bosra
• National Museum of Aleppo
• National Museum of Damascus
• National Museum of Latakia
• Norias of Hama
• Nuri Bimaristan (Museum of Medicine)
• Omari Mosque, Daraa
• Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery
• Palace of Zimri-Lim, Mari
• Palmyra
• Palmyra Castle (Fakhr al-Din al-Ma'ani Castle)
• Palmyrene Gate, Dura-Europos
• Pyramid Tomb of al-Bara
• Qal'at Najm
• Qal'at al-Subayba (Nimrod Fortress)
• Qalaat Ja'bar
• Qasr Ibn Wardan
• Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi
• Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi
• Qatna (Tell Mishrifeh)
• Quneitra
• Rahba Castle
• Ras Ibn Hani
• Resafa
• Roman Theatre of Jableh
• Roman Theatre of Palmyra
• Safita Tower (Chastel Blanc) and St Michael Church
• Saladin Castle
• Sayyida Ruqayya Shrine
• Sayyida Zaynab Shrine
• Serjilla
• Shahba
• Shaizar Castle
• Sinan Pasha Mosque
• Souq Al-Hamidiyah
• Souq Midhat Pasha
• Souq al-Bzouriyah
• Souq al-Harir (Silk Market)
• Souq al-Madina, Aleppo
• Souq al-Saghah (Goldsmiths' Market)
• Straight Street (Bab Sharqi)
• Sultan Ibrahim ibn Adham Mosque
• Takiyya al-Sulaimaniyya
• Tankiz Mosque
• Tartus Citadel (Tortosa)
• Tell Abu Hureyra
• Tell Brak
• Tell Halaf
• Tell Leilan (Shubat-Enlil)
• Tell Qaramel
• Tell Shihab
• Temple of Baalshamin
• Temple of Bel
• Temple of Jupiter, Damascus
• Temple of Zeus Megistos, Qanawat
• Til Barsip (Tell Ahmar)
• Tishreen Park
• Tower Tomb of Elahbel
• Ugarit
• Umayyad Mosque
• Urkesh (Tell Mozan)
• Yarmouk River