Museum of Homs   Visiting Homs Homs Museum Maalula Homs Crac Chevaliers Aphamea Mudiq Castle Hama   The Museum of Homs, opened in 1975 on the ground floor of the Arab Cultural Center, contains Roman, Byzantine and Arab-Islamic remains unearthed during excavations in the area. This museum will be transferred to the old municipality building, which is now being repaired. Since it is not possible to visit the citadel, occupied by the military, you will end your itinerary through the city by visiting on the road to Hama, about 500 m. off Shukri Kouatly street, opposite the Post Office, the big mosque, a modern building on bases of white and black stones, which has the tomb of Khaled Ibn EI-Walid, who by his victory on the river Yarmouk, on August 20 636, made it possible for the fighters of Islam to conquer Syria
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