Azem Palace:
Beit al-Azem, Old Town
Entrance fee:150 syrian pounds
Wednesday to Monday from 09:30-14:30
Lonely Planet review/www.lonelyplanet.com
Ross Burns, historian and author of the sage Monuments of Syria, regards the Azem Palace as 'one of the loveliest Ottoman residential buildings in Syria'. It's the former residence of the governor Asaad Pasha al-Azem, who ruled the town from 1742. The palace has strong echoes of the more grandiose building of the same name in Damascus, which is hardly surprising as the latter was also built by Al-Azem after he was transferred to the capital.
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