A two thousands years old city and crossroad in the middle of the Syrian desert , Palmyra has been famous ever since a female monarch , Queen Zenobia, challenged the Roman emperor Aurlian and dominated lands East of the Mediterranean and Egypt for six years.
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The ruins of Palmyra give an idea of the important role this city played at
its height; collecting taxes and defending the Eastern border of the Roman Empire from the Persians.
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The colonnades, the temples devoted to Bel and Baalshamin, the funeral towers and the Necropolis valley are all definitely worth a visit.
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Palmyra stands aside on oasis of palm trees. It offers a dramatic spectacle you will never see elsewhere.
A dead piece of earth waiting to be submerged by the sands. And a medieval fortress on top of a hill , gloomy under an infinite blue sky. And at last , a skeleton of a city whitened by a ruthless sun, reminder of a great kingdom, that once dominated the Orient, and is now dead.
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The sunset of Palmyra is almost unreal. The shadows of the ruins seem to revive the old city every evening.
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Qasr AL HEIR AL GHARBI : ( WEST )
45 km south-west of Tadmor (Palmyra), built by the Caliph Hisham ibn Abdul Malik in the 8th century, this palace is square and surrounded by a huge wall, at each corner of which there is a round tower. At each side of the main gate there are two half-rounded towers. It has a courtyard with columns with Corinthian crowns.
Qasr AL HEIR AL SHARQI : ( EAST )
110 km north-east of Palmyra , this palace was built by the Caliph Hisham in 628, it contains a palace-residence for the caliph and for the garrisons. There is a small mosque built in the style of the Omayyad Mosque in Damascus, there is a bath with hot, warm and cold running water. This is the oldest Omayyad bath. The palace is surrounded by a wide garden.
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