Syria 2: Bosra - Carolynn-in-Dubai's Photos

6th March '09

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Carolynn-in-Dubai > On the road to Bosra about 100kms from Damascus. In the distance the town of Suweida, the birthplace of singer, actor, composer and "King of the Oud", Farid al Atrashe.

Carolynn-in-Dubai > Inside a small mosque, once a church, just outside Bosra.

Carolynn-in-Dubai > Bosra, inside the remains of the cathedral. Justinian used the design of this church as his template for a cathedral he built years later in Istanbul.

Carolynn-in-Dubai > Our driver Taisser looking at the minaret of the Fatima Mosque in the old town of Bosra.

Carolynn-in-Dubai > Osama at the Nabatean Gate.

Carolynn-in-Dubai > Looking through the Nabatean Gate, the only Nabatean gateway known outside Jordan. Archaeologists think there is an entire Nabatean palace still to be found.

Carolynn-in-Dubai > At the Nabatean Gate. The Nabateans were the original builders of the town of Bosra and were the people who constructed Petra in Jordan. The Nabateans ruled this area until it was conquered by the Roman emporer Trajan.

Carolynn-in-Dubai > Religious symbols on a door lintel in the cathedral.

On the road to Bosra about 100kms from Damascus. In the distance the town of Suweida, the birthplace of singer, actor, composer and "King of the Oud", Farid al Atrashe.

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