Some monuments, old and new, are to be discovered on the side of the entrance of the citadel. Pass over the new
Serai and the Palace of Justice and see the Hammam EI-Nasr (14th century), used in the past by felt makers, the
"Madrassa Sultaniah" where lies the Emir Ez-Zaher EI-Ghazi, son of Saladin, and the ravishing small EI-Outroush
mosque, funeral foundation of the early 15th century with a cloistered yard of an exquisite freshness.
Do not go on foot to visit "Madrassa EI-Firdaws" (about 1.5 km), you will see this religious edifice,
undoubtedly the most remarkable in Aleppo, later on. Go rather back around the citadel and beyond the street you
took when going then turn to the left, in the first larger street. A little later you will see the Khan Es-Saboun,
or the soap caravanserai, built in the early 16th century by a governor of Aleppo and, at the bottom of a small
square, the "Djameh EI-Fustoq" or pistachios mosque, built in 1349. Across the road and to your right
is the Matbakh EI-Adjami, a palace of the 14th century, restored in the 15th and 16th century (its facade being
on a building of Ottoman architecture). A little further to the left of the street, the «Khan EI-Wazir",
Ottoman monument of the 17th century, attracts attention by its imposing portal, built with bases alternately white
and black and is definitely worth a visit as it contains two most magnificent windows - probably the most beautiful
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