Bab al-Maqam

Gate of Aleppo, Syria
Bab al-Maqam
بَاب الْمَقَام
Bab al-Maqam in 2010
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Alternative namesGate of Maqam
General information
Statusrestored
TypeCity gate
Architectural styleIslamic architecture
Town or cityAleppo
CountrySyria Syria
Completed1230
OwnerAl-Aziz Muhammad
Known forOne of the 9 main gates of the ancient city walls of Aleppo

Bab al-Maqam (Arabic: بَاب الْمَقَام, romanized: Bāb al-Maqām), meaning the Gate of Maqam is one of the Gates of Aleppo.[1]

The 13th century structure was built by al-Aziz Muhammad on the road that connected the Maqamat with the Citadel.[1]

View of the gate from street

Deviations in its design from the majority of medieval Syrian gates suggest that its function was ceremonial rather than military.[1]

In Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo (1997), Yasser Tabbaa details some of these differences, noting that they reinforce the possibility that the gate had primarily a religious and political function, serving as homage to Abraham and contrasting with the eastern shrines of Mashhad al-Dikka and Mashhad al-Husayn.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bab al-Maqam". Archnet. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  2. ^ Tabbaa, Yasser, 1997, Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo, The Pennsylvania State University Press, pp. 21.

36°11′31.5″N 37°9′37″E / 36.192083°N 37.16028°E / 36.192083; 37.16028

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