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South-west Syria: Qalamun Mountains, the village of Maʿlula with its light blue or white house paintings
A shell of a new house with flattened domes in a village south of Tall Abyad
Vicinity of Tall Abyad, shell of the house with flattened domes and opening in one dome
A coffee house and waiting service taxi in the center of the small frontier town
View of the old town from Maʿlula with its traditionally light blue painted facades
On september 14th at the Holy Cross Feast in Maʿlula, with the standard of the Holy Cross Youth
Maʿlula, St.Tekla Convent during the Holy Cross feast on september 14th
The historical centre of Maʿlula with St. Lawandius Church and hillside houses facing the valley
Monastry St. Sergius on the edge of the mountain plain overlooking Maʿlula
Raqqa, Qasr al-Banat, clay decorations
Raqqa/Rafiqa, An old photo of the remains of al-Banat palace before restoration
Maʿlula, the procession to the Holy Cross celebration also passes through the narrow alleys of the old town.
Raqqa, Qasr al-Banat, courtyard with northern Iwan
Raqqa, Qasr al-Banat, documentation sheet of courtyard with northern Iwan
In the southern part of Tall Abyad, remains of the church made of mud bricks
Shahba, Exterior view of the Roman Theatre/ Philippopolis
Yabrud, Residential house with covered terrace (riwaq)
Halabiyya, entrance to the Praetorium, which is integrated into the city wall and dates from the time of Justinian.
ʿAyn al-Khadra, residential house with a central hall plan of a Kurdish family in the Malkiyya-Region
Street side of the homestead: a terrace in front of a house of Kurdish family in the Malkiyya-Region
Village of ʿAyn al-Khadra, in the living room of the central hall house of a Kurdish family
ʿAyn al-Khadra, Baby in a traditional wooden cradle
ʿAyn al-Khadra, Village school from mud bricks, not used any more
ʿAyn al-Khadra, in the farm yard behind the house with stables made of basalt stones
Raqqa/Rafiqa, Wall decoration in the Iwan of Qasr al-Banat
Raqqa, Qasr al-Banat, Capital with plant motifs
Qal‘at Shayzar (castle), The stairs leading to the entrance
Shaykh Shibli shrine – al-Tar mountain, south -east of al-Mayadeen
Roman capital in the great mosque (al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir), Maʿarrat an-Nuʿman
The wooden pulpit (minbar) in the prayer room of an-Nuri Mosque
