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Arts and culture in Syria

 
 

Arts and culture

The Damascus National Museum The Damascus National MuseumIt brings together collections of archaeological pieces from throughout Syria. A section is dedicated to each site. © René Mattes

The Romans set up their port at Latakia. As for the crusaders, they chose Tartous. The Frank fortresses still stand erect in the area: the Krak des Chevaliers, the Marqab and the Saone castle. Budding archaeologists should not fail to visit the Ugarit site, where relics of the Bronze Age lie alongside those of the Hittite Empire, and of the Persian and Roman eras, the period in which traces of the first alphabet were discovered.

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