Syria · 18th century
Al-Azm Palace (Arabic: قصر العظم Qaṣr al-ʿAẓm) is a palace in Damascus, Syria, built in 1749. 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, it housed the French Institute.
After the Syrian government had purchased the buildings from the Al-Azm family and extensive reconstruction, the palace houses the Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions.
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Al-Azm Palace ranks #1,019 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #9 of the 38 mapped in Syria. Founded 1749, it is older than 18% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 696 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,545 times in the last 60 days, more than 81% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Damascus, 1 km away. It is one of the 106 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Levant. See how Syria compares in the castle statistics.
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