SOUK AL-HAMIDIYAH

Al-Hamidiyah Souq

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The souk begins on the main road of the old city – Al Thawra Street – and continues to the Grand Mosque of Damascus.

  • Built in 1780 under the rule of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid, the souk is named “al-Hamidiyah”. It was expanded in 1884 and its walk­way was later enclosed with an or­nate iron cover that is still there.
  • The famous 600-metre-long souk, built along the axis of the orig­inal Roman route to Jupiter’s Tem­ple and smaller adjacent markets, now links the main road from just outside the citadel to the Umawi musjid.
  • The shops range from traditional antique shops to modern cosmetic stores. A trip to the souk is not complete without sampling the traditional local ice – cream, topped with crushed pistachios from the famous Bakdash ice cream parlour which was established in 1895.
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