Warning

The locations were visited in 2010 and early 2011, so the images and text of the web pages do not reflect the impact of the civil war.

Clickable map of the locations in the Republic of Syria which are covered in this web site

Most locations are grouped in sections which have an introductory page with a map and general information on the region. Some sections include locations in Turkey.

Map	Town	Contents	Introductory page
North	Ain Dara	Main monuments	in "Disputed Lands"
North	Aleppo	Main monuments	in "Disputed Lands"
Centre	Apamea	Main monuments	-
Coastal region	Arwad	Main monuments	in "Castles of the Crusaders"
Centre	Baetocece (Hosn Suleiman)	Main monuments	-
South	Bosra	Main monuments	-
North	Brad	Main monuments	in "Byzantine Dead Towns"
North	Cyrrhus	Main monuments	in "Disputed Lands"
South	Damascus	Main monuments	-
South	Ezra	Main monuments	-
Centre	Hama	Main monuments	-
Coastal region	Krak des Chevaliers	Castle	in "Castles of the Crusaders"
South	Maaloula	Main monuments	-
Coastal region	Marqab	Castle	in "Castles of the Crusaders"
East	Palmyra	Main monuments	-
South	Philippopolis (Shahba)	Main monuments	-
North	Qalb Lozeh	Main monuments	in "Byzantine Dead Towns"
South	Qanawat	Main monuments	-
South	Qara	Main monuments	-
East	Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi	Main monuments	-
Coastal region	Safita	Castle	in "Castles of the Crusaders"
Coastal region	Saone	Castle	in "Castles of the Crusaders"
North	Sergilla	Main monuments	in "Byzantine Dead Towns"
South	Shaqqa	Main monuments	-
North	St. Simeon	Main monuments	in "Byzantine Dead Towns"-
Coastal region	Tartous	Main monuments	in "Castles of the Crusaders"
South	Zabadani	Rock cut tomb	-

Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum in Istanbul (housed in Ibrahim Pacha Sarayi): (left) capital from Raqqa; (right) detail of a wooden inscription from Damascus (XIIIth century)