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Bab Antakeya

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The gate is topped by two rising parallel hexagonal bastions with a jagged entrance path, being located under the one which is on the right side due to defensive tactics, consisted of white stones of big sizes (0.8 m (2 ft 7 in) X (1.0 m (3 ft 3 in). The main axis of the
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rule, but it lost its importance gradually during the Islamic and Arab rule, until the reconstruction by the
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era when the gate regained its vital role as a main landmark for the old city.
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One of the 9 main gates of the ancient city walls of Aleppo
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City gate
Byzantine architecture
Islamic architecture
Aleppo
Syria
Syria
6th century
11th century
Sayf al-Dawla
Arabic
romanized
Aleppo Arabic
[ˈbæːbˈntˤaːkjɛ]
Antioch
Aleppo
Antioch
Byzantine
Ayyubid
Emir of Aleppo
An-Nasir Yusuf
Mamluk
Battle of Aleppo
Syrian civil war
rebel forces
Souq of Aleppo



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