Damascus-Sana
Advanced stages reached by the rehabilitation and beautification work of the historical Souk Al-Sorouja in old Damascus, which is done with great craftsmanship to preserve its heritage features and architectural style.
The works included removing the worn roof over the entire market, the old arches, peeling the old mud, and implementing an alternative mud of traditional materials (dirt, milk, and lime), in addition to installing new arches made of (wood and iron) placed on the bearing walls of the roof that were built from old materials.
And after the completion of the installation of all 60 new arches, the new roof will be installed over them, according to the director of technical studies in the governorate, Engineer Muammar Al-Dakak, who indicated in a statement to the representative of SANA that the work will also include uncovering the stone arches above the shops, cleaning them and installing unified traditional wooden facades for all shops instead From resealable ferrules.
Al-Dakkak explained that the market will be re-paved with pulp stone from its beginning to the square in the soap market, with rehabilitation works for the sidewalks, sidewalks, and infrastructure of water, electricity, telephone and sanitation, indicating that the governorate is cooperating with the shop owners and the General Company for Construction and Reconstruction as the entity carrying out rehabilitation works after reaching his condition. Structuralism for "bad due to neglect and climatic conditions."
The Secretary of the Souk Al-Sorouja Association, Ayman Mahayni and the owner of one of the stores, stressed in a similar statement the importance of rehabilitation work that is carried out according to the old architectural style to restore the market to its previous glory, noting the cooperation between the shop owners and the governorate to rehabilitate the infrastructure and construction, while the shop owners will work to install the unified heritage wooden façades and the iron arch The decorated (mandalins) at their expense in addition to the rehabilitation work inside their stores for those who wish to do so.
For 60 years he has been working in the profession of horse supplies in a shop he inherited from his grandfather and his father. This is what Imad Qusaybati explained, pointing to the importance of restoration work aimed at preserving the market and the heritage industries for which he was famous for horse supplies and leather products.
Souk Al-Saroujeh is one of the most important markets in Damascus, the oldest and the only one of the old Damascus markets, which was built outside the wall near the Al-Hamidiyeh market in the heart of Damascus and close to the walls of its castle and is still preserving its Mamluk architectural style without any modifications in terms of the arches above the shops and the high and high windows and balconies half The circular, in addition to the roof made of zinc, which protected merchants and customers from the summer heat, winter rain and cold, in an architectural harmony that draws the visitor and indicates the ancient heritage of the city of Damascus and the role of its people and makers in construction and development.
Firas Safi
