St. George’s Monastery is located in the city of Mhardeh, on the western slope of the Orontes Valley, approximately 25 km north of Hama. This region, historically known as “Little

Perched atop a conical hill, a diminutive Ismaili castle commands views over the central Ghab plain. Constructed in the 12th century, its fortifications were continuously reinforced until the Mamluk period.

Mirza Castle, a Crusader fortress, rises like the prow of a stone ship above a mountain ridge in the far northwest of Hama. Constructed by the Franks in the early

Dating back to the 14th century, the oldest market in the city stretches 180 meters south of the historic waterwheels (Nawaoir). Its vaulted wooden roof, supported by semi-pointed basalt arches,