Homs-Sana
Mada’s cultural team escorted its audience on its first virtual trip in Syria to the city of Rusafa, the Pearl of the Badia, through a visual presentation accompanied by a detailed explanation of the oldest ancient Syrian cities, hosted by Sami Al-Droubi Hall in the Cultural Center in Homs.
Ramez Al-Hussein, director of Mada’s cultural team in Homs, said in a statement to SANA that Syrian antiquities witnessed systematic terrorist destruction, which made it difficult to visit them, so we decided to continue our illuminations on Syrian civilization through a new event entitled “Virtual Tours in Syria” under the supervision of specialists in tourism and antiquities.
And he indicated that the team had previously carried out introductory lectures that included several historical places, including Ebla and Mari, and now it is trying to shed light on cities in a different way, away from indoctrination, to achieve fun and suspense to attract the audience.
Tourist guide Moussa Falih explained during the virtual trip that the city of Rusafa is still preserving its historical and archaeological sites, located in the northeastern Syrian Badia.
He pointed out that it was the subject of a dispute between the Greeks, the Romans and the Persians, and therefore it possessed impregnable fortresses that protected it from the invasions of the Sassanid Persians before it became one of the cities belonging to the Kingdom of Palmyra in central Syria.
Through a tour around the city, Falih reviewed the walls, the northern door, the main street, the Church of the Martyrs, the Khan, the residential houses, the reservoirs, the Archdiocese, the Northern Church, the Church of the Cross, and the Rusafa Treasure.
He pointed out that the city of Rusafa was built above some heights, which made it include many important facilities and buildings in addition to its huge wall, churches, cathedral, palaces, the famous huge underground water tanks, its arches and walls, which is one of the most beautiful architectural elements in the city. St. Sergius Church is one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the city.
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