Destroy the capital of the Syrian desert .. and the Kingdom of Zenobia timeless

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Damascus: Hicham Adra
In the heart of the Syrian desert and the oases of palm and olive trees, amid the hills of yellow sand lies the city of Palmyra months and the most important city of ancient tourist Syria, How Does It, which includes fuller and more beautiful archaeological sites, as they provide the story interesting for a great history I knew this city, especially in the early millennium calendar first with Mketha wonderful (Zenobia) Her dream of imperial and the big challenge for the Roman was a victim of ambition and dream, who watched the visiting today to destroy incarnate in the effects of the giant from the Arc de Triomphe to the street called Straight, temples and the entrances and Agora, bathrooms and the Senate, and many others, they attract each year hundreds of thousands of tourists from different countries of the world, especially from the western world who spend their days between Owabdha archaeological and many of them come to reside ceremony wedding in the Eternal City or honeymoons between columns in the arms of its long history and voluminous effects remaining Bashmukha and throw it and the castle of Arab and unique climate of the desert and the palm trees wonderful.

Palmyra bride desert: and destroy the so-called many bride Syrian desert includes versatile unique form of tourism, there is tourism breathtaking effects and health tourism through (spring arm being) which is the origin of life Oasis destroy Femiaha sulfur mineral, according to the report of a French medical official have therapeutic properties are critical for for diseases of the skin, liver, chest, arthritis and anemia as it is a stimulant to digestion and blood circulation and gives the skin a super softness, and this water Troy orchards destroyed a long time ago and not far from Palmyra located bathrooms (Abu Rabah) with the job of tourism curative health in the Syrian desert, and the Palmyra is famous for its eco-tourism that stand out through protected (Talila) famous near Palmyra, the first and largest nature reserve for wildlife in Syria, which is located on an area of ​​22 thousand hectares of desert and lies about 20 km from Palmyra and includes various forms of wildlife famous Syrian desert of gazelles and oryx and Reem wild animals and birds, most notably ibis, reptiles, plants and others. And the management of protected works carried out with funding from the Italian experience and FAO to employ these protected for tourism purposes after having achieved its role since its inception 15 years ago to protect wildlife in the visible Palmyra. There are also cultural tourism supported by the Syrian government and the European Union countries and international organizations.

A long history and unique: Palmyra away from Damascus, about 230 km (north-east), where is located on the road between the capital and the Syrian city of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria on the banks of the Euphrates, it is also far from the city of Homs, central Syria, which follow them administratively about (150 km) which is rising from the sea (450 meters) and with a desert climate (summer about 36 degrees during the day and 20 degrees at night) winter is about 20 degrees during the day and between 1 10 degrees at night) and blowing in the summer breeze dewy from the sunset, and are of spring valleys and plains with greenery and Alozahir, and receive relatively (200 mm) of annual rainfall and destroy that became synonymous Balraúah (Zenobia) with a long history Old immemorial has shown an investigation in 1955 in caves destroy the existence of human gathering live on fishing in the late role Paleolithic (50 thousand years), but this man lured fountain Oasis (horizon) began life stability, as defined agriculture and Astalv animal and styled hut first on the banks of the horizon, this was a shift in the role of the Neolithic (thousand seventh and sixth BC) and was the first mention of Palmyra in the early second millennium BC in a number of Assyrian discovered in Anatolia also reported in the number of city-Marie. The Palmyra station is ideal for convoys moving between Iraq and the Levant, and those that used to belong to later Silk Road coming from the borders of China Mara in Syria through Palmyra and Homs toward the Mediterranean Sea and the population was composed of the Arameans and the Nabataean Arabs, so it has stabilized ruin as Petra Emirate Arab since the second century BC, however, make it an incident between the empires of Rome and Persia feuding giants. And when he visited the Roman emperor (Hadrian) announced (free city) fired the same name (Hardyana Palmyra) Zenobia and Palmyra: during the reign of the Roman Emperor is originally Syrian Caracalla in 217 AD make destroy a Roman colony and exempted from taxes to Rome on whatever passes the city and the city was known luxury and affluence and numerous facilities, streets, arches, temples and statues, even arrived in Palmyra in beauty and Ibhtha to the rank of major cities the Roman era. When the conflict intensified between Persia and Rome invoked the recent Governor destroy Arab (Uthaina) who succeeded in repelling the Persian armies and destroyed twice in 267 then he deserves so Irfan Romans, and awarded him the title of (the leader of the East) but it's just that assassinated in the same year in mysterious circumstances, and here took his second wife Zenobia with personal captivating the reins of government, to enter the history of the wider doors and become of the most famous women in the world so I added the history books aura of myth they are beautiful face Mmhawkh cod elegant landscape with dark eyes seemed to be all glamor intelligence was also an accomplished public speaker speaks fluent Palmyra, Greek, Egyptian and capturing her pimp and soldiers Bblagtha and her voice resonant and were of a wide culture and good political antennae, and collected in Blatha a number of philosophers, scientists, clergy and began ambition large and its desire to get rid of the Sultan Rome prepare to destroy the glory has not dreamed of before, and began plans to acquire empire Romania and wrested from the Emperor (Orleans) Vajtaan Syria entirety and Egypt launched their armies in Asia Minor until the Bosphorus and possessed all ports ways land and sea with the Far East and the main sources of funding Rome but what almost Orleans arrange the conditions of internal and external even started preparing tour revenge of Zenobia to cast her arrest and market captive to Rome in 274 and make it in the parade victory between prisoners walk chained gold and burdened Bjawahrha and jewels and exposed her city destroyed by pillaging and vandalism .. Owabd destroy archaeological: currently has destroyed dozens of monuments of archaeological huge which is located on an area of ​​6 square kilometers, form the ancient city of Palmyra, and most important of these monuments there: Temple but consists square yard of a closed wall dimensions (205 210 m) adorned the campus is home of the gods and priests and show his building traditions of the Middle clearly there are sons of the temple which was discovered in 1963 and got up from under the sands of Palmyra is a huge architectural situ. There Baalchmin Temple This temple has remained until 1954 and saw English traveler Robert Wood in the middle of the eighteenth century. It ruins of Palmyra famous there cemeteries Palmyra that form alone gathering archaeological unique They are four types: Tower House Ground graves individual is raised destroy Straight Street and the Arc de Triomphe and the Grand Theatre and the Agora and the Senate, bathrooms and there castle Arab (Castle Fakhruddin II), which was built in seventeenth century AD and placed on top of a mountain rises 150 meters above the city and visiting the castle enjoys panoramic scenes in the effects of Palmyra and Uahtha fertile plains, especially with the sunrise or sunset.

Museums and hotels and festivals: in Palmyra museums Jamilan first, a national museum, which opened on 6 August 1961 and includes masterpieces discoveries found in Palmyra, in the match it to the ground there are the achievements of the art of destruction, sculptures and paintings, mosaics, gold jewelry and bronze and clay and plaster and cave represents a human life before history, the museum houses the wing western models of Islamic art and models of rock desert of crudes and topographic maps Oasis Palmyra and the museum is divided into six rooms, includes models of the temple and even the statues and couches funerary discovered in Palmyra, the Museum second is the Museum of popular Traditions, which opened in 1992, and the museum also we saw the house east in every sense of the word, and has four halls provide reading interesting for the story of the customs and traditions in Palmyra and the Syrian desert, Valhah first industry represents the numerator Palmyra and the second hall ornaments and third Hall of Beauty (Alhoadj) and the fourth Hall of handicrafts and there is the added nomadic and Palmyra and in the upstairs models for clothing Bedouin and other .

Palmyra Festival annually hosts the desert and the Silk Road in September to coincide with the World Tourism Day, where the festival offers activities and art events, cultural and tourist. It also receives every year Syria International Rally, organized by the Syrian Automobile Club and the Syrian Ministry of Tourism and some private companies. Palmyra in many hotels of different grades, including tourism and hotel destroy al-Sham (Five Star) Phone Number:

096331912230 Hotel Zenobia (three stars) Tel: 912 245 and Villa Palmyra (three stars) Tel: 910 107 tower (Star) Tel: 910 116 and the East (Star) Tel: 913 073 There are hotels of one-star, including: Uthaina but new tourism.

The restaurants in Palmyra are many belong to two star or one-star, including the Oasis destroy the deserts of Babylon and all Star and there Abu Hussein tents spring (one star).