I felt in love with carpets
It’s impossible to don’t be attracted by handmade carpets showed in all turkish and arab cities, it’s difficult to don’t take a closer look.
And in Damascus there are so many of them, of course.
Colorfull or sober, locals or imported, silk or wool or cotton or mixed made, beduin or kurdish style, so small to fit on a chair or so huge to cover a whole saloon wall.
Kurdish carpet
Beautiful. And not expensive, especially if one is good in bargaining.
You got it…
Unfortunately a nasty business happened. One more time.
I lost all photos of Lebanon, at least you had a little bit of them in previous articles, and all those one took in southern Syria. I have very few of Damascus, made in the last days: I hope you’ll like them.
This is the city just after sunset. Top left, illuminated with gold, you can see the Great Umayyad Mosque:
City view from Mount Qasiun
A mosque along the “Straight street“, a former Roman “cardo maximus”, at the end of which now stands the Christian Quarter:
Minaret
Facade of a damascene house:
Damascene house
Detail of a gate:
Detail of a gate
One more gate:
A gate in Damascus
Ps: a damn to the guy who burned the back-up DVD. Empty.
