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The Culture of Halep
Handcrafts PDF Print E-mail
The City of Aleppo differentiated from the other cities of Syria in terms of handicrafts. Jewellery and gold treatment are also amongst the oldest handicrafts of Syria. During the excavation in Bab Al-Faraj many gold, silver and jewels dated back more than twenty centuries had found. The museums of Syria are ornamented with thousand pieces of historical gold, silver and jewels. Craftsman of gold and silver in Aleppo has such a fame that even the latest technology can not compete.

Aleppo also contains the world's most skilful craftsmen of tray, glass and tableware.

Aleppo is also famous for it's “gar soap” which is like a big cube. The eldest regarded he gar soap as the best of the world.

In addition to all these Aleppo has many exaples of wood, glass, leather, steel, copper, ceramic, porcelain and mosaic arts.
 
Aleppo Cookery PDF Print E-mail
Aleppo became a haunting place for the merchants due to it's critical positions and many of these merchants moved to city became familiar with different catering styles and customs of different human societies.

All these differentces also affected the Cookery. These values are not just emerged from the cumulative experience of all those years. The trade between East and West intoduced many spices and materials to the people; the main difference of Aleppo from other regions of Syria is that Aleppo has it's own style and taste are more than 26 kebab type and mant types of meatloaf.

The most important examples of meatloaf are; cooked, cooked in fry pen, with Lebniye, with Sumac Siferceliyyeli ( with quince ), Mebrume ( Curled ).
 



 
Project Number KB-K-08-001 to Develop the Cultural Infrastructure and Increase Interregional Tourism in Gaziantep,
Kilis and Aleppo; is being carried out as part of the Turkey-Syria Interregional Cooperation Program
financed by the Republic of Turkey's State Planning Organization.