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Travel My Hometown In L. Subscriber Exclusive Content. Why are people so dang obsessed with Mars? How viruses shape our world. The era of greyhound racing in the U. See how people have imagined life on Mars through history. See More. United States Change. The incomparable Great Mosque is a rare and extremely significant monument of the Umayyads.
The present city walls, the Citadel, some mosques and tombs survive from the Medieval period, and a large part of the built heritage of the city including palaces and private houses dates from after the Ottoman conquest of the early 16th century.
Criterion iv : The Umayyad Great Mosque, also known as the Grand Mosque of Damascus, is one of the largest mosques in the world, and one of the oldest sites of continuous prayer since the rise of Islam. As such it constitutes an important cultural, social and artistic development. Criterion vi : The city is closely linked with important historical events, ideas, traditions, especially from the Islamic period.
These have helped to shape the image of the city and impact of Islamic history and culture. The line of the walls of the old city forms the boundary of the property.
Although areas outside the walls that represent the expansion of the city from the 13th century, are considered related to the old city in terms of historical significance, and provide its setting and context, the key attributes of Outstanding Universal Value lie within the boundary. These include the plan of the city and its dense urban fabric, city walls and gates, as well as its protected monuments including the Umayyad Mosque , madrasas, khans, the Citadel and private houses.
The attributes are vulnerable to erosion from a lack of traditional approaches to maintenance and conservation, and use of traditional materials, while its setting and context are threatened by lack of conservation policy for the historical zones outside the walled city and by regional planning projects.
Since the inscription of the property, the morphological layout and the spatial pattern of the historic fabric have remained basically unchanged and the key discrete attributes survive. However commercial and semi-industrial activities are spreading into the residential area of the walled city and its suburbs, in places eroding the value of the attributes relating to the urban fabric and their inter-relationships. Responsibilities for planning control over the old city and its management are in the hands of two government departments the Commission for Safeguarding the Old Town and the General Directorate for Antiquities and Museums DGAM.
Technical Cooperation for projects and programmes to enhance the city is undertaken by the Ministry of Local Administration and Environment with support from international organizations.
Legal protection is provided by the Antiquities law amended in in addition to the Ministerial order no. A Committee for the Protection and Development of Old Damascus has been established, with representatives of the different bodies to coordinate the planning and building activities in addition to being responsible for the strategic planning for the Old City. A buffer zone has also been delineated but not yet formally approved.
There is a need for the plan, once approved and implemented, to clarify the different levels of protection to be applied to the different parts of the urban fabric, to set out the appropriate interventions. About us. Special themes. Major programmes. For the Press. Help preserve sites now!
Join the , Members. Search Advanced. By Properties. Cultural Criteria: i ii iii iv v vi Natural Criteria: vii viii ix x. Category Cultural Natural Mixed. All With videos With photo gallery. Country Region Year Name of the property. Without With. Ancient City of Damascus Founded in the 3rd millennium B.
Ciudad vieja de Damasco Fundada en el tercer milenio a. Oude stad van Damascus Damascus werd gesticht in het 3e millennium voor Christus en is daarmee een van de oudste steden in het Midden-Oosten. Integrity The line of the walls of the old city forms the boundary of the property.
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