Damascus - nice place, pity about the people
May 17th 2010 It is claimed Damascus is the oldest continually inhabited city in the world - the name evokes all sorts of mystical images; majestic buildings, trade routes and caravans, markets and mosques. The modern day central city is built on top of literally thousands of years of other buildings. The rest of Syria is also strewn with historic buildings, ruins and castles from years of rule by empires more
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