Balcony above main portal of Khan al-Harir

Balcony above main portal of Khan al-Harir

Yabrud: residential houses with central hall disposition and three-arcade-motif

Yabrud: residential houses with central hall disposition and three-arcade-motif

Yabrud: residential houses with central hall floor plans

Yabrud: residential houses with central hall floor plans

Al-Madrasa as-Sultaniyya, marble prayer niche

Al-Madrasa as-Sultaniyya, marble prayer niche

Al-Madrasa as-Sultaniyya, marble prayer niche

Al-Madrasa as-Sultaniyya, marble prayer niche

Al-Madrasa as-Sultaniyya, marble prayer niche

Al-Madrasa as-Sultaniyya, marble prayer niche

Jamiʿ Sharaf, the minaret

Jamiʿ Sharaf, the minaret

Balcony above main portal of Khan al-Harir

Balcony above main portal of Khan al-Harir

Great Mosque, Minaret

Great Mosque, Minaret

Great Mosque, top of the minaret

Great Mosque, top of the minaret

Great Mosque, Minaret

Great Mosque, Minaret

Wakil house, interior façade of the upper floor

Wakil house, interior façade of the upper floor

Yabrud: residential buildings as road-accompanying development

Yabrud: residential buildings as road-accompanying development

Jamiʿ al-Khayr, a wooden internal balcony (sudda) above the prayer hall entrance

Jamiʿ al-Khayr, a wooden internal balcony (sudda) above the prayer hall entrance

Part of Damascus city wall topped by a house balcony

Part of Damascus city wall topped by a house balcony

Yabrud: Streetlife with shops and residential houses, townspeople and peasants

Yabrud: Streetlife with shops and residential houses, townspeople and peasants

The Citadel of Aleppo, on the left the minaret of its Great Mosque (Maqam Ibrahim) – view from the west, in the foreground is the minaret of the Jamiʿ Sayf ad-Dawla

Minarets of the Old City of Aleppo