The Atlas Obscura Guide To Aleppo

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Aleppo, Syria

Updated October 12, 2023

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Unusual Attractions in Aleppo

The palace entrance inside the Citadel of Aleppo.

Aleppo, Syria

The Citadel of Aleppo

One of the oldest and largest castles in the world.

Shoppers visit the restored Souk al-Saqatiya in Aleppo, Syria, in November 2019.

Aleppo, Syria

Souk al-Saqatiya

Amid the rubble of Aleppo's Old Quarter, part of a historic market has been restored and re-opened.

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6th Century Image of Saint Simeon

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Church of Saint Simeon the Stylite

What is left of the pillar of Saint Simeon, the voluntary martyr who climbed the column to give his sermons, remaining perched there for thirty-seven years.

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The 13th-century Palmer Cup, in the British museum, is decorated with a line of Kushajim’s poetry about wine.

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by Fehmida Zakeer, Atlas Obscura

October 12, 2023