Harder to notice, by design, are traditional Damascene houses, or beit. Yet dotted across the Old City in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim quarters of Damascus are many examples of Damascene ...

Many Old Damascus houses have been restored without specialized supervision and turned into popular restaurants and night spots. Some of them are elaborately -- perhaps excessively -- decorated ...

The old city of Damascus is considered to be among the oldest continually ... and a large part of the built heritage of the city including palaces and private houses dates from after the Ottoman ...