Al Amer Hotel

Damascus

A restaurant in the Hijaz district of Damascus, about 100 m from the National Museum. It stands on Muslim al-Baroudi Street.

Damascus

A fast-food restaurant in the Hijaz district of Damascus, about 300 m from the Tekkiye Mosque. It stands on Palestine Street and serves sandwiches and fried snacks.

Damascus

A café in the Hijaz district of Damascus, about 500 m from the Opera House. It stands on Palestine Street.

Damascus

Syria's oldest and largest museum, founded in 1919, with its present building near the Takiyya Sulaymaniyya opened in 1936. Its entrance is the gateway of the Umayyad palace of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi, moved stone by stone from the desert, and its collections span Ugarit, Mari and Palmyra, together with the painted synagogue of Dura-Europos.

Damascus

The grave of Mehmed VI Vahideddin, the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He died in exile in 1926 and was buried in the cemetery of the Sulaymaniyya Takiyya in Damascus.

Damascus

A restaurant in the Hijaz district of Damascus, about 100 m from the Tekkiye Mosque. It stands on Muslim al-Baroudi Street and serves pizza.