Editing Aleppo (section)

====Gates of Aleppo and other historic buildings====
[[File:Antioch gate in Aleppo walls.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Bab Antakeya|Gate of Antioch]] rebuilt during the 11th century]]
The old part of the city is surrounded with {{cvt|5|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}}, thick walls, pierced by the nine historical gates (many of them are well-preserved) of the old town. These are, clockwise from the north-east of the citadel:

*[[Bab al-Hadid]], [[Bab al-Ahmar]], [[Bab al-Nairab]], [[Bab al-Maqam]], [[Bab Qinnasrin]], [[Bab Antakeya]], [[Bāb Jnēn]], [[Bab al-Faraj (Aleppo)|Bab al-Faraj]] and [[Bab al-Nasr (Aleppo)|Bab al-Nasr]].

The most significant historic buildings of the ancient city include:
*[[Citadel of Aleppo|The Citadel]], a large fortress built atop a huge, partially artificial mound rising {{cvt|50|m}} above the city, dates back to the first millennium BC. Recent excavations unearthed a temple and 25 statues dating back to the first millennium BC.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dp-news.com/pages/detail.aspx?articleid=80968&l=2 |title=Aleppo&nbsp;... Cultural Landmark, Trade Hub |agency=Xinhua News Agency |publisher=DP-news |date=16 April 2011 |access-date=11 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029010341/http://www.dp-news.com/en/detail.aspx?articleid=80968 |archive-date=29 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Many of the current structures date from the 13th century. The Citadel had been extensively damaged by earthquakes, notably in 1822.
*[[Al-Shibani Church|Al-Shibani building]], [[al-Halawiyah Madrasa]], [[al-Muqaddamiyah Madrasa]], [[al-Zahiriyah Madrasa]], [[al-Sultaniyah Madrasa]], [[al-Firdaws Madrasa]], Bimaristan Arghun al-Kamili, [[Beit Junblatt]], [[Bab al-Faraj Clock Tower]], etc.

[[File:Aleppo Night by Charles Hajj.jpg|left|thumb|[[Bab al-Faraj Clock Tower]]]]

The following are among the important historic mansions of [[al-Jdayde]] Christian quarter:<ref>{{cite web |title=Ministry of Tourism, Syria: Aleppine House (in Arabic) |url=http://www.syriatourism.org/index.php?module=subjects&func=viewpage&pageid=2081 |access-date=22 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716101034/http://www.syriatourism.org/index.php?module=subjects&func=viewpage&pageid=2081 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*''Beit Wakil'', an Aleppine mansion built in 1603, with unique wooden decorations. One of its decorations was taken to [[Berlin]] and exhibited in the [[Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin|Museum of Islamic Art]], known as the ''[[Aleppo Room]]''.
*''[[Beit Achiqbash]]'', an old Aleppine house built in 1757. The building is home to the ''Popular Traditions Museum'' since 1975, showing fine decorations of the Aleppine art.
*''[[Beit Ghazaleh]]'', an old 17th-century mansion characterized with fine decorations, carved by the Armenian sculptor ''Khachadur Bali'' in 1691. It was used as an Armenian elementary school during the 20th century.