Bab al-Nasr (Aleppo)
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Bab al-Nasr ( ar, بَاب النَّصْر, Bāb an-Naṣr) meaning the ''Gate of Victory'', is one of the nine historical gates of the
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of Aleppo, Syria. It was rebuilt and renamed by
az-Zahir Ghazi Al-Malik az-Zahir Ghiyath ud-din Ghazi ibn Yusuf ibn Ayyub (commonly known as az-Zahir Ghazi; 1172 – 8 October 1216) was the Ayyubid emir of Aleppo between 1186 and 1216.
in 1212 in became the most important northern gate of the city. The structure was partially modified during Ottoman times and its role affected by mid-20th-century French urban planners. The gate received "moderate" damage during the Syrian civil war and restored by local committee in 2018.


Further reading

* * Bab al-Nasr urban extra mura
context and description
*Bab al-Nasr, Northern Gate of the Walled City
Record
of Greek Funerary Inscription drawing
Rebuilding Aleppo: Life beyond Syria's civil war
*Reopening even
photographs
*UNESC
Report
on damage to Bab al-Nasr (p. 110-113) *


References

Ayyubid architecture in Syria Ziyarat Nasr {{Syria-struct-stub