Palace & château
Azm Palace (Hama)
🇸🇾 Syria · 18th century
The Azm Palace (Arabic: بيت العظم, Bayt al-ʿAẓm) is an 18th-century Ottoman-era palace in Hama, Syria at the center of the city on the banks of the Orontes River, about 400 meters (1,300 ft) south of the Hama Citadel. Ross Burns, author of Monuments of Syria (1999), reportedly considers the Azm Palace to be "one of the loveliest Ottoman residential buildings in Syria." The palace has been used as a regional archaeology museum since 1956.
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Azm Palace (Hama) ranks #3,563 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #21 of the 39 mapped in Syria. Founded 1742, it is older than 19% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Hama, 1 km away. It is one of the 114 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Levant. See how Syria compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Azm Palace (Hama)?
Azm Palace (Hama) stands in Syria, at 35.13389°, 36.75361°.
When was Azm Palace (Hama) built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1742. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Azm Palace (Hama)?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #3,563 of 8,133 worldwide, and #21 in Syria. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Azm Palace (Hama)?
Hama Castle, about 1 km away.
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