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Achibache House and Courtyard in Aleppo

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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References

  1. ^ see http://www.archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=4806
  2. ^ Darke, Diana (2010-01-01). Syria. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781841623146
  3. ^ MIT Libraries. https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/75636. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ Burns, Ross (2009-06-30). Monuments of Syria: A Guide. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857714893.pp.52-54
  5. ^ http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/museums/museums-under-threat/syria/
  6. ^ "Aleppo's famed Old City left 'unrecognisable' by war". Al-Monitor. 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2017-01-01.