Qasr al-'Azm

File / Documentation

Name

225491_sv.jpg

Size

1.01 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

adb4e2b9a6a5118bfa230971e4a45149

Creator(s)

architect: restoration by Michel Ecochard (French, 1905-1985), curator: direction of conservation by Shafiq al-Imam (Syrian, 20th century)

Time period

creation date: 1750/1162 AH, destruction date: damaged by French troops during Syrian revolution, 1925/1344 AH, restoration date: 1954-1965/1373-1385 AH, alteration date: converted to museum, 1954/1373 AH

Location

Site: Damascus (Syria)

Cultural context

Syrian

Description

exterior, view from courtyard, October 2008

Work type

Palace

Museum

Medium

basalt (basic igneous rock)

limestone

marble

wood (plant material)

Keywords

Palaces

Courtyards

Adaptive reuse

Aga Khan Award for Architecture (Organization)

Architecture, Islamic --Syria

Architecture, Ottoman

Architecture --Conservation and restoration

Historical museums

Type

Image

Rights

Access rights

Persistent Link

https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/126770