Souq al-Hamidiyya (int) Souq al-Hamidiyya (int) / / gallery 
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Walking east along the covered al-Hamidiyya Souq; it is about 600m long and 15m wide, and dates back to the Ottoman era. The corrugated iron cover is perforated by bullet-holes, a parting gift from French airplanes brutally supressing an anti-colonial insurgent rebellion on 9 May 1926.
LOCATION: Damascus
DATE: Tue, 18/05/2010
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