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Damascus: Hidden Treasures of the Old City | 
| Authors: Brigid Keenan, Bridget Keenan
Creator: Tim Beddow
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Category: Book
List Price: $65.00
Buy Used: $31.86
You Save: $33.14 (51%)
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 288473
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 11.7 x 9.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0500019460
Dewey Decimal Number: 720.9569144
EAN: 9780500019467
ASIN: 0500019460
Publication Date: May 2000
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Product Description
Damascus is the oldest continuously occupied city in the world. Hidden away in this ancient town is a treasure of domestic architecture unique in the world. The great houses of Damascus are fairytale palaces built in exotic styles that range from Roman and Mamluk to Ottoman Baroque. Behind the blank mud walls of the alleyways in the old town lie breathtaking interiors seldom visited by the outside world. The entrances of the houses, carefully designed so that no passerby can catch a glimpse inside, conceal courtyards filled with fountains and flowers, exquisite stone work, wall paintings, marble, and mother-of-pearl. This beautifully photographed album of the architectural treasures of old Damascus tells the stories of the palaces, how they were built, and who has lived in them through the centuries. Today old Damascus is at a crossroads: the people who once lived in the great houses have left them for the suburbs, and many buildings are falling into disrepair. The book provides a visual record of their beauty, and serves as a plea for the preservation of the heart of this ancient capital.
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GREAT BOOK July 4, 2008
BINT ELSHAM
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOKS ABOUT THE OLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD, MUST HAVE.
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Beautiful Book of an Enchanting City, Pursuing a Noble Cause January 30, 2007
Eagle Eye
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Photos here are exquisite, great text in pursuit of a noble cause--saving the crumbling architectural treasures in Old Damascus. Would be tragic if these are forever lost--the feeling of standing in a mosaic courtyard with trees, a fountain in the middle, where just outside the bustle of the world moves by in the suq...this book brings back memories of the place, if you've ever been there. The one comfort is that if these houses do crumble beyond repair, at least they are preserved in some way in this beautiful book.
Combine Syria's architectural treasures with the warmth of its people, its great food, and you see why it leaves such an impression with visitors.
affordable intresting history November 15, 2006
S. Farra
Affordable entertaining book if you love Damascus like i do.Excellent pictures .No big lies like some authers who are experts!!!!. buy it you will love it.Give it as gift to any friend.
A beautiful must-have book for anyone who loves Damascus November 19, 2003
Umm Zaynab (United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is a must for anyone who loves Damascus and is concerned about its deterioration. It's a must for any Damascene expatriate's living room coffee table book collection for sure. The photographs are absolutely stunning and the text is interesting and engaging. One flaw, however is that I would have liked to see the photographs and the text regarding specific houses cross-referenced, (perhaps in the appendix of houses' names in the back of the book) as photographs and texts about specific houses are scattered throughout the book and you have to find all the references yourself--very annoying. Other than that, it is a wonderful book for showing off a unique aspect of our beloved city. Some of these houses are being used as sets for Syrian soap operas-- look closely and you might recognize some!
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