One of the 9 main gates of the ancient city walls of Aleppo
Bab al-Nasr (
Arabic: بَاب النَّصْر,
romanized: Bāb an-Naṣr) meaning the Gate of Victory, is one of the nine historical gates of the
Ancient City of
Aleppo,
Syria.[1]
It was rebuilt and renamed by
az-Zahir Ghazi in 1212 in became the most important northern gate of the city.
The structure was partially modified during Ottoman times and its role affected by mid-20th-century French urban planners.[2]
The gate received "moderate" damage during the Syrian civil war[3][4][5] and restored by local committee in 2018.[6][7][8]
UNESCO
Report on damage to Bab al-Nasr (p. 110-113)
References
^DAVID, Jean-Claude (ed.) ; BOISSIÈRE, Thierry (ed.). Alep et ses territoires: Fabrique et politique d’une ville (1868-2011). New edition [online]. Beyrouth - Damas: Presses de l’Ifpo, 2014 (generated 19 juin 2019). Available on the Internet: <
http://books.openedition.org/ifpo/6621>.
ISBN9782351595275.
doi:
10.4000/books.ifpo.6621.
^Brook, Daniel (2009-09-10).
"In Aleppo, Syria". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-19.