Aleppo :
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Before leaving to the discovery the souk,
Cléobule
studies the
guide
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The souk of Aleppo is entirely covered and rather not very tourist. We thus find the
majority of the products necessary to the everyday life of the Syrians.
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Merchant of pans and kettles manufacturer of scissors
an interior court
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the Arab delicacies occupy an important place
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The corner butchery remains a beautiful spectacle: pieces of meat hung on the doors,
tongues, heads, and feet of goat… with the intestines in premium
the choice does not miss
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remain of beef
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always dry fruits
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fountan at every street corner entry of hammam in the middle of the souk
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waiter of tea in the lanes
Aleppo is famous for these soaps containing olive oil ![](../../../image/moyorient/syrie/i-syrie_152.jpg)
Display for tourists
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Displays for Syrians
The bimaristan Argoun :
old psychiatric hospital renovated in museum .
We pass from room to room to follow the evolutions in the treatment of the patients
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First court: the dangerous ones. They were locked up with windows giving on a small calm
court with a fountain and musicians to alleviate the patients. Pollux into insane...
The patients could saunter in the second court
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the third court is even more open… the fourth accepts the visitors .
The large mosque :
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the style of the souk perspires in the large mosque
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small tea break in the hotel which accomodated
Agatha Christie
when she wrote “the crime of the East express train”. Decoration did not change.
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Caravanserail
The Syrians are very proud of this mosque ![](../../../image/moyorient/syrie/i-syrie_169.jpg)
which is not common
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