Syria. The look out tower within the city walls of the formidable Citadel Fortress that overlooks and dominates Aleppo. Built from the 12th century onwards the Citadel was the seat of Arab regional power for many years with many fine examples of military engineering and Islamic art

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Colourful scenes of Syria as it was in 1998 prior to the wide spread destruction of the civil war, shown here with the formidable Citadel Fortress in Aleppo

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Size: 3905px × 5000px
Location: Aleppo, Syria
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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