{"id":2978,"date":"2025-07-24T12:05:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/al-maqbi-souq\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T12:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:18:14","slug":"al-maqbi-souq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/al-maqbi-souq\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Maqbi Souq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the oldest traditional markets in the region, al-Souq al-Maqbi\u2014literally \u201cthe Vaulted Market\u201d\u2014stands as a living testament to Ottoman-style commercial architecture. The market earned its name from sections that were roofed with stone vaults, giving it a distinctive ambiance of shade and coolness, ideal for trade in a warm climate.<\/p>\n<p>Historically known as the Bazaar, it once served as a vibrant hub for traditional crafts and artisanal trades. By the 1950s, many of the old residential buildings surrounding it were converted into shops, gradually giving the market its current form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the oldest traditional markets in the region, al-Souq al-Maqbi\u2014literally \u201cthe Vaulted Market\u201d\u2014stands as a living testament to Ottoman-style commercial architecture. The market earned its name from sections that were roofed with stone vaults, giving it a distinctive ambiance of shade and coolness, ideal for trade in a warm climate. Historically known as the Bazaar, it once served as a vibrant hub for traditional crafts and artisanal trades. By the 1950s, many of the old residential buildings surrounding it were converted into shops, gradually giving the market its current form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[288,208],"tags":[243],"class_list":["post-2978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historic-souks-and-khans-latakia","category-latakia","tag-preserved-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}