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Aleppo is the oldest inhabited city in the world. Or is it? In fact it's a hotly disputed claim, with the other major claimant being Damascus, also of course in Syria. So obviously we're backing Aleppo, since that's where Aleppo Gold comes from.
At the crossroads of two-thousand-year-old trade routes, Aleppo has been ruled by the Hittites, Assyrians, Arabs, Mongols, Mamelukes and Ottomans and is now the second-largest city in modern-day Syria. Architectural and cultural delights include the 13th-century citadel, the 12th-century Great Mosque and various 17th-century madrasas, palaces, caravanserais and hammams. Aleppo is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
See useful sites and articles on Aleppo at:
The Laurel Tree is Syria(a very interesting article on traders in the Souq)
Galen Frysinger (photos)
