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[[File:Ajikbash House036.JPG|left|thumb|Achibache House and Courtyard in Aleppo]] |
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Beit Achiqbash (AR: بيت أجقباش في الجديدة; Achikbache House) is an old Aleppine courtyard mansion built in 1757.<ref>see http://www.archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=4806</ref> It is one of a number of historic buildings found in the [[Al-Jdayde]] Christian quarter of [[Aleppo]].<ref>Darke, Diana (2010-01-01). Syria. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781841623146</ref> The building was restored in 1980 and is known for the fine carved ornaments on its courtyard elevations.<ref>{{cite web|last1=MIT Libraries|url=https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/75636}}</ref> |
'''Beit Achiqbash''' (AR: بيت أجقباش في الجديدة; Achikbache House) is an old Aleppine courtyard mansion built in 1757.<ref>see http://www.archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=4806</ref> It is one of a number of historic buildings found in the [[Al-Jdayde]] Christian quarter of [[Aleppo]].<ref>Darke, Diana (2010-01-01). Syria. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781841623146</ref> The building was restored in 1980 and is known for the fine carved ornaments on its courtyard elevations.<ref>{{cite web|last1=MIT Libraries|url=https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/75636}}</ref> |
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It is the home of the Popular Traditions Museum with its collection of fine decorations of Aleppine art and artefacts of past lives.<ref>Burns, Ross (2009-06-30). Monuments of Syria: A Guide. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857714893.pp.52-54</ref> The building, like much of Aleppo's old city, has been heavily damaged from fighting by combatant forces in Syria's civil war.<ref>http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/museums/museums-under-threat/syria/</ref><ref>"Aleppo's famed Old City left 'unrecognisable' by war". Al-Monitor. 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2017-01-01.</ref> |
It is the home of the Popular Traditions Museum with its collection of fine decorations of Aleppine art and artefacts of past lives.<ref>Burns, Ross (2009-06-30). Monuments of Syria: A Guide. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857714893.pp.52-54</ref> The building, like much of Aleppo's old city, has been heavily damaged from fighting by combatant forces in Syria's civil war.<ref>http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/museums/museums-under-threat/syria/</ref><ref>"Aleppo's famed Old City left 'unrecognisable' by war". Al-Monitor. 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2017-01-01.</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:32, 5 January 2017
Beit Achiqbash (AR: بيت أجقباش في الجديدة; Achikbache House) is an old Aleppine courtyard mansion built in 1757.[1] It is one of a number of historic buildings found in the Al-Jdayde Christian quarter of Aleppo.[2] The building was restored in 1980 and is known for the fine carved ornaments on its courtyard elevations.[3]
It is the home of the Popular Traditions Museum with its collection of fine decorations of Aleppine art and artefacts of past lives.[4] The building, like much of Aleppo's old city, has been heavily damaged from fighting by combatant forces in Syria's civil war.[5][6]
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Interior of Beit Ajikbash in Aleppo -
Aleppo's Popular Traditions Museum
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References
- ^ see http://www.archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=4806
- ^ Darke, Diana (2010-01-01). Syria. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781841623146
- ^ MIT Libraries. https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/75636.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Burns, Ross (2009-06-30). Monuments of Syria: A Guide. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857714893.pp.52-54
- ^ http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/museums/museums-under-threat/syria/
- ^ "Aleppo's famed Old City left 'unrecognisable' by war". Al-Monitor. 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
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