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Reputed by some to be as old, if not older than Damascus, the city
of Aleppo has been mentioned in historical manuscripts dating from
the third millennium B.C. While it is the most important industrial
and commercial city in Syria. It also contains chur ches
and mosques, beautiful traditional houses, and a cover Suq. The
most famous, and obvious, place of interest in Aleppo is the Citadel,
which towers over the city on a hill where Abraham is said to have
stopped to milk his cow. The story gave rise to Aleppo's name "Halab",
from the Arabic word of milk. The fortress embodies the genuis of
Arab military architecture and the intricate beauty of Arab ornamention,
and is an awe-inspiring sight.
In addition to the citadel, Aleppo's Umayyad mosque, Archaeological
Mesuem, Turkish bathes, caravanserais, city gates, traditional houses,
and finally, its exceptional covered suq are also of interest to
the visitor.
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