1938 Jaabar Castle in Raqqa Province Framed Vintage Photo Size:12″×16″ This vintage photo from 1938

This vintage photo from 1938 is unique as it shows the castle overlooking the Euphrates Valley prior to the building of the Taqba Dam (سد الثورة) which flooded the region and turned the castle into an island

the Ottoman governor of Damascus

The photographer is Frenchman Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey who is known for taken some of the earliest photographs across Greece

one of the main squares in Damascus captures a moment in time

cemetery and the mausoleum of the great military commander Khalid ibn Al-Walid who led the Muslim conquest of Syria in the 7th century

1938 Jaabar Castle in Raqqa Province Framed Vintage Photo Size:12″×16″ This vintage photo from 1938The Jaabar (Ja'bar) Castle ( ) was reconstructed in the 12th Century by Nur Al Din ( ) near Al Thawra ( or Al Taqba, ) town in the Raqqa Province ( ). This vintage photo from 1938 is unique as it shows the castle overlooking the Euphrates Valley prior to the building of the Taqba Dam ( ) which flooded the region and turned the castle into an island. Photo taken by the Arme Du Levant. This is a hi res reprint (not an original), framed and printed on