Ajiqbash house, view of the courtyard, south-east corner

Ajiqbash house, view of the courtyard, south-east corner

The former courtyard house of a merchant family served as Aleppo’s Museum of Popular Traditions. The house is severely damaged, especially the open living space facing the courtyard (Iwan).

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Ajiqbash house, view of the courtyard, south-east corner

    Place
  • Bayt Ajiqbash
    Time Period
  • 1980s, 1988
    Subject
  • Courtyard house, Museum
    Keywords
  • Architecture, Basalt, Building, Courtyard, Fronts & Elevations, Iwan, Limestone, Photography, Slide
    Place hierarchy
  • World,Asia,Syria,Governorate Aleppo,Jabal Samʿan District,Nahiyat Markaz Jabal Samʿan,Aleppo,al-Mintaqa as-Sadisa,al-Mintaqa as-Sadisa-9-2,Bayt Ajiqbash
    Collection
  • Collection David (Jean-Claude)
    Author
  • Jean-Claude David
    Copyright
  • © Jean-Claude David (CC-BY-NC-ND)