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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ancient City of Aleppo' has mentioned 'Aleppo' in the following places:
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| UNESCO World Heritage SiteAncient AleppoLocationAleppo, SyriaIncludesCitadel of Aleppo, Al-Madina SouqReference21Inscription1986 (10th session)Endangered2013xe2x80x932020Area364xc2xa0ha (1.41xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Coordinates36xc2xb012xe2x80xb209xe2x80xb3N 37xc2xb009xe2x80xb246xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf36.20250xc2xb0N 37.16278xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 36.20250; 37.16278Coordinates: 36xc2xb012xe2x80xb209xe2x80xb3N 37xc2xb009xe2x80xb246xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf36.20250xc2xb0N 37.16278xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 36.20250; 37.16278Location of Ancient City of Aleppo in Syria | WIKI |
| Aleppo in 1912 | WIKI |
| The Ancient City of Aleppo (Arabic: xd9x85xd8xafxd9x8axd9x86xd8xa9 xd8xadxd9x84xd8xa8 xd8xa7xd9x84xd9x82xd8xafxd9x8axd9x85xd8xa9xe2x80x8e, romanized:xc2xa0Madxc4xabnat xe1xb8xa4alab al-Qadxc4xabma) is the historic city centre of Aleppo, Syria. | WIKI |
| The Old City of Aleppo xe2x80x93 composed of the ancient city within the walls and the old cell-like quarters outside the walls xe2x80x93 has an approximate area of 350 hectares (860 acres; 3.5xc2xa0km2), housing more than 120,000 residents. | WIKI |
| Many sections in the Al-Madina Souq and other medieval buildings in the ancient city were destroyed and ruined or burnt as a result of clashes between the Syrian Arab Army and the rebel forces of Jabhat al-Nusra, in what is called the Battle of Aleppo, launched by the opposition JN armed groups on 25 September 2012. | WIKI |
| Pattern of ancient Aleppo | WIKI |
| Khusruwiyah Mosque, Khan al-Shouneh and Carlton Citadel Hotel were all destroyed during the battle of Aleppo | WIKI |
| The newer Jdeydeh quarters of the old city were first built by the Christians during the early 15th century in the northern suburbs of the ancient city, after the Mongol withdrawal from Aleppo. | WIKI |
| Jdeydeh is one of the finest examples of a cell-like quarter in Aleppo. | WIKI |
| Throughout its history, Aleppo has been part of the following states: | WIKI |
| Ancient Aleppo | WIKI |
| Hadad Temple Inside Aleppo Citadel | WIKI |
| Aleppo has scarcely been touched by archaeologists, since the modern city occupies its ancient site. | WIKI |
| Aleppo appears in historical records as an important city much earlier than Damascus. | WIKI |
| The first record of Aleppo may from the third millennium BC if the identification of Aleppo as Armi, a city-state closely related to Ebla is correct. | WIKI |
| In the Old Babylonian period, Aleppo's name appears as xe1xb8xa4alab (xe1xb8xa4alba) for the first time. | WIKI |
| [11] Aleppo was the capital of the important Amorite dynasty of Yamxe1xb8xa5ad. | WIKI |
| However, Aleppo soon resumed its leading role in Syria when the Hittite power in the region waned due to internal strife. | WIKI |
| Taking advantage of the power vacuum in the region, Parshatatar, king of the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni, conquered Aleppo in the 15th century BC. | WIKI |
| Subsequently, Aleppo found itself on the frontline in the struggle between the Mitanni and the Hittites and Egypt. | WIKI |
| The Hittite Suppiluliumas I permanently defeated Mitanni and conquered Aleppo in the 14th century BC. | WIKI |
| Aleppo had cultic importance to the Hittites for being the center of worship of the Storm-God. | WIKI |
| When the Hittite kingdom collapsed in the 12th century BC, Aleppo became part of the Syro-Hittite kingdom of Palistin,[13] then the Aramaean Syro-Hittite kingdom of Bit Agusi (which had its capital at Arpad),[14] it stayed part of that kingdom until conquered by the Assyrians In the 9th century BC, and became part of the Neo-Assyrian Empire until the late 7th century BC, before passing through the hands of the Neo-Babylonians and the Achamenid Persians. | WIKI |
| The Sassanid King Khosrow I pillaged and burned Aleppo in 540 CE. | WIKI |
| Soon after Aleppo fell to Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid in 637 CE. | WIKI |
| After Tamerlane invaded Aleppo in 1400 and destroyed it, the Christians migrated out of the city walls and established their own cell in 1420, at the northwestern suburbs of the city, thus founding the quarters of Jdeydeh. | WIKI |
| Aleppo is characterized by mixed architectural styles, having been ruled, among the other, by Romans, Byzantines, Seljuqs, Mamluks and Ottomans. | WIKI |
| Ancient Aleppo, the entrance to Al-Madina Souq | WIKI |
| The city's strategic trading position attracted settlers of all races and beliefs who wished to take advantage of the commercial roads that met in Aleppo from as far as China and Mesopotamia to the east, Europe to the west, and the Fertile Crescent and Egypt to the south. | WIKI |
| The largest covered souq-market in the world is in Aleppo, with an approximate length of 13 kilometres (8.1 miles). | WIKI |
| Aleppo Citadel | WIKI |
| Junblatt Palace, built during the 2nd half of the 16th century by the emir of Kurds in Aleppo and the founder of the Janpolad (Jumblatt) family; Janpolad bek ibn Qasim. | WIKI |
| [23] Grand Serail d'Alep, the former seat of the governor of Aleppo, built during the 1920s and opened in 1933. | WIKI |
| One of its decorations was taken to Berlin and exhibited in Pergamon Museum, known as the Aleppo Room. | WIKI |
| Al-Halawiyah Madrasa, built in 1124 on the site of Aleppo's 5th century Great Byzantine Cathedral of Saint Helena, where, according to tradition, a Roman temple once stood. | WIKI |
| It was converted into a mosque by the judge of Aleppo Ibn-Khashab, then into a madrasah in 1168 by Izz Eddin Abdal Malek al-Muqadam during Nur al-Din's reign. | WIKI |
| It is the oldest operating madrasah in Aleppo. | WIKI |
| [29] Al-Sultaniyah Madrasa, begun by Aleppo governor Az-Zahir Ghazi and completed between 1223xe2x80x931225 by his son Malek al-Aziz Mohammed. | WIKI |
| [30] Al-Firdaws Madrasa, defined as "the most beautiful of the mosques of Aleppo". | WIKI |
| Al-Shuaibiyah Mosque, also known as al-Omari, al-Tuteh and al-Atras mosque, is the oldest mosque in Aleppo, built in 637. | WIKI |
| Al-Adiliyah Mosque, built in 1557[38] by the Ottoman governor of Aleppo Muhammed Pasha. | WIKI |
| Aleppo city walls and the Gate of Qinnasrin, restored in 1256 by An-Nasir Yusuf | WIKI |
| Aleppo was home to 177 hammams during the medieval period, until the Mongol invasion when many vital structures in the city were destroyed. | WIKI |
| Hammam Yalbugha built in 1491 by the Emir of Aleppo Saif ad-Din Yalbugha al-Naseri. | WIKI |
| As an ancient trading centre, Aleppo's impressive souqs, khans, hammams, madrasas, mosques and churches are all in need of more care and preservation work. | WIKI |
| As awareness for the need to preserve this unique cultural heritage increased, Gutton's master plan was finally abandoned in 1979 to be replaced with a new plan presented by the Swiss expert and urban designer Stefano Bianca, which adopted the idea of "preserving the traditional architectural style of Ancient Aleppo" paving the way for prominent local activists, among them Adli Qudsi, to convince UNESCO to declare the Ancient City of Aleppo as a World Heritage Site in 1986. | WIKI |
| Several international institutions joined efforts with local authorities and the Aleppo Archaeological Society, to rehabilitate the old city by accommodating contemporary life while preserving the old one. | WIKI |
| Located at the crossroads of several trade routes since the 2nd millennium B.C., Aleppo was ruled successively by the Hittites, Assyrians, Akkadians, Greeks, Romans, Umayyads, Ayyubids, Mameluks and Ottomans who left their stamp on the city. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iii): The old city of Aleppo reflects the rich and diverse cultures of its successive occupants. | UNESCO |
| The diverse mixture of buildings including the Great Mosque founded under the Umayyads and rebuilt in the 12th century; the 12th century Madrasa Halawiye, which incorporates remains of Aleppo's Christian cathedral, together with other mosques and madrasas, suqs and khans represents an exceptional reflection of the social, cultural and economic aspects of what was once one of the richest cities of all humanity. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): Aleppo is an outstanding example of an Ayyubid 12th century city with its military fortifications constructed as its focal point following the success of Salah El-Din against the Crusaders. | UNESCO |
| In 1992, the Project for the Rehabilitation of Old Aleppo was set up under the Municipality of Aleppo in cooperation with international agencies. | UNESCO |
| In 1999, the Directorate of the Old City was established under the Municipality of Aleppo to guide the rehabilitation of the old city with three departments covering studies and planning; permits and monitoring, and implementation and maintenance. | UNESCO |