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Al-Azm Palace (Arabic: قصر العظم Qaṣr al-ʿAẓm) is a palace in Damascus, Syria, built in 1749. [1] [2] Located north of Al-Buzuriyah Souq in the Ancient City of Damascus , the palace was built in 1749 to be the private residence for As'ad Pasha al-Azm , the governor of Damascus; during the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon ...
- Azem Palace, Azm Palace, Qasr al-Azm
- Damascene architecture, with ablaq
Damascus, Syria. The Azem Palace, located south of the Umayyad mosque near Suq al-Buzuriyya, was built in 1750 by the Ottoman governor of Damascus As'ad Pasha al-Azem. The architecture of the palace embodies the culmination of Damascene domestic typology at its most extravagant state. The palace has two main wings: the haramlik and the salamlik.
The Al Azem Palace construction began in 1749 by the Ottoman governor of Damascus As'ad al-Azem. As’ad Pasha came from a Syrian family who had governed Damascus for two generations. Displaying the power and prestige of the Azem family, As’ad Pasha built the palace using family funds. Part of the palace was purchased by the French government ...
Al Azem Palace. Azm Palace is a palace in Damascus, Syria which dates back to the 18th century. Located north of Al-Buzuriyah Souq in the Ancient City of Damascus, the palace was built in 1749 and was the private residence for As'ad Pasha al-Azm, the governor of Damascus, and during the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon it housed the ...
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Recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1983. One of the masterpieces of 18th century Islamic architecture, this palace was extensively damaged in 1925 when French troops shelled the old quarter of the city during a Syrian uprising. At the time of the award the restoration of the complex (which in 1954 became a folk museum) had been ...
2. The Azm Palace ( Arabic: بيت العظم, Bayt al-ʿAẓm) [1] is an 18th-century Ottoman-era palace in Hama, Syria at the center of the city on the banks of the Orontes River, about 400 meters (1,300 ft) south of the Hama Citadel. [2] Ross Burns, author of Monuments of Syria (1999), reportedly considers the Azm Palace to be "one of the ...
