Le bimaristan Nur al-Din, en arabe البيمارستان النوري, est un hôpital médiéval musulman à Damas aussi connu sous le nom de Bimaristan al-Nouri, construit en 1154 sur demande du sultan Nur al-Din. Le terme bimaristan vient du persan bimar qui signifie "malade" et se complète du suffixe istan qui permet de désigner un lieu.
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Nur al-Din Bimaristan is a large Muslim medieval bimaristan in Damascus, Syria. It is located in the al-Hariqa quarter in the old walled city, to the southwest of the Umayyad Mosque. It was built and named after the Zengid Sultan Nur ad-Din in 1154, and later on an extension was added to the main building in 1242 by a physician Badr al-Din. It was restored in 1975 and now houses the Museum of Medicine and Science in the Arab World.
Constructed in two phases the first construction phase was commissioned by Nur al-Din in 1154 CE and the second phase was about 90 years later and was commissioned by a physician, Badr al-Din, circa 1242 CE. It was renovated in 1975 and a small museum was established here.
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The Temple of Jupiter in Damascus was built by the Romans, beginning during the rule of Augustus in the first century AD and with further works occurring at various times up until the rule of Constantius II. It was developed from an earlier temple on the same site that was dedicated to the god Hadad-Ramman and to its Greek equivalent, Zeus. It was later converted into a church in the 4th century and then into the present-day Umayyad Mosque in the 8th century.
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Al-Hariqa is a neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, inside the walls of the old city south of the Citadel of Damascus between the late-Ottoman-era markets of al-Hamidiyah Souq and Medhat Pasha Souq. The neighborhood was known as Sidi Amoud after a religious figure who was buried there. It was called al-Hariqa after the area was completely burned down in 1925 under French bombing in response to the Great Syrian Revolt. The Nur al-Din Bimaristan is in Al-Hariqa.
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The Al-Hamidiyeh Souq is the largest and the central souk in Syria, located inside the old walled city of Damascus next to the Citadel. The souq is about 600 metres long and 15 metres wide, and is covered by a 10-metre tall metal arch. The souq starts at Al-Thawra street and ends at the Umayyad Mosque plaza, and the ancient Roman Temple of Jupiter stands 40 feet tall in its entrance.
Aujourd’hui ce terne est surtout appliqué pour évoquer un asile d’aliénés.
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