Bimaristan Arghun, open dome above the octagonal courtyard

Bimaristan Arghun, open dome above the octagonal courtyard

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan -faience tiles

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan -faience tiles

The cold (barrani) section of as-Salamiyya historical bath

The cold (barrani) section of as-Salamiyya historical bath

Khan Qurdbak, Ground floor plan, reduced copy with ruler

Khan Qurdbak, Ground floor plan, reduced copy with ruler

Khan Qurdbak, ground plan, first floor, reduced copy

Khan Qurdbak, ground plan, first floor, reduced copy

Bayt Wakil, iwan - decoration above a room's door

Bayt Wakil, iwan – decoration above a room’s door

Bayt Dallal, iwan ceiling and canopy

Bayt Dallal, iwan ceiling and canopy

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan (the Great Iwan)

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan (the Great Iwan)

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan (the great iwan)

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan (the great iwan)

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan - marble decoration

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan – marble decoration

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan - marble decoration

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan – marble decoration

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan - decoration of marble and faience tiles

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan – decoration of marble and faience tiles

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan - decoration of marble and faience tiles

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan – decoration of marble and faience tiles

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan - decoration of faience tiles

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan – decoration of faience tiles

Bayt Wakil, iwan

Bayt Wakil, iwan

Bayt Wakil, iwan

Bayt Wakil, iwan

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan - one of the lateral windows

Bayt Junblat, southern iwan – one of the lateral windows

Bayt Dallal, geometrical floor design in front of the iwan

Bayt Dallal, geometrical floor design in front of the iwan

Bayt Dallal, decorated stone of the well

Bayt Dallal, decorated stone of the well

Bayt Dallal, iwan - wooden decorated canopy

Bayt Dallal, iwan – wooden decorated canopy

Bayt Wakil, iwan

Bayt Wakil, iwan

Bayt Wakil (Aleppo-Zimmer), the middle part of the room

Bayt Wakil (Aleppo-Zimmer), the middle part of the room

Wakil House, decorated windows

Wakil House, decorated windows

Al-Madrasa al-Hallawiyya, general view of the madrasa from the Great Mosque minaret

Al-Madrasa al-Hallawiyya, general view of the madrasa from the Great Mosque minaret

Traditional house in neighborhood "al-Almaji"

Traditional house in neighborhood “al-Almaji”

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Very well preserved domed rooms of a farmstead in an Assyrian village

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Very well preserved domed rooms of a farmstead in an Assyrian village

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Today empty domed houses in an Assyrian village seen from the street side

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Today empty domed houses in an Assyrian village seen from the street side

Habuba Kabira, plastering of the domes after completion of the shell

Habuba Kabira, plastering of the domes after completion of the shell

Habuba Kabira, during the construction of cantilever domes, the mortar is pulled up using a bucket

Habuba Kabira, during the construction of cantilever domes, the mortar is pulled up using a bucket

Khusrawiyya,detail of the ornamental paneling of the Mosque in 2008

Khusrawiyya,detail of the ornamental paneling of the Mosque in 2008