Bayt al-'Aqqad: The History and Restoration of a House in Old Damascus.Part of the UNESCO UNESCO: see United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. UNESCO in full United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage programme, a derelict derelict n. something or someone who is abandoned, such as a ship left to drift at sea or a homeless person ignored by family and society. (See: abandon, dereliction) DERELICT, common law. principally fifteenth-century town house was painstakingly restored by the Danish Institute in Damascus after their acquisition of the house in 1997.A team of Danish and Syrian architects and restorers have returned it to its former glory and the process--including the building materials Building materials used in the construction industry to create . These categories of materials and products are used by and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for . and construction techniques, painted decoration, ornamental tiles, historical context and reconstruction--has been thoroughly documented in the lavishly illustrated Bayt al-'Aqqad: The History and Restoration of a House in Old Damascus, edited by Peder Mortensen, Aarhus University Press, 2005, [euro]66.95. The long history of Bayt al-'Aqqad goes back to its foundations on the Roman theatre of Herod and the house includes splendid examples of important periods in the architectural history  This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. of Damascus. The story is told by architects, restorers, historians and archaeologists. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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