Aleppo - the citadel :
  
In the centre of the old city draws up citadel of Aleppo...imposing, splendid, sublime


                                                           

                
              the access passages curve to control the possible attacks
                
              in the remparts, exists a real city
                all the parts are not from the same time

                

                

                bar at the edge of the ramparts under the minaret

  

  on the roof of the hammam

                

                

  Entry of oldest the hammam : Al-Yalbogha an Nasri

                
               The Armenian district contains sumptuous residences which do not let anything appear
              outside: Beit Wakil is a first example
  
Cléobule : 18 months...                                    Pollux : 8 years old
  
We celebrate these birthdays at Sissi, another Armenian house transformed into a restaurant… speciality: Mezze, small
dishes which is declined at infinitum containing vegetables, salads, meats, borek ....
                

  

  Before leaving Aleppo , we pass to the supermarket...
Saint Siméon :
  
Siméon is an ascetic at the origin of the mode of the stylites… remained perched in top of a column for the meditation.
That of Siméon was nearly 18 meters high and he stayed 36 years there. With its death, a basilica was built there .
                

  Pollux, Titus and Cléobule on the remainders of the column