Water cisterns in Kteifa, town at the outskirts of Damascus. According to the author the cisterns provided water to the inn of the city and were also used as water troughs for domestic animals.

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THEVENOT, Jean de

Title

Water cisterns in Kteifa, town at the outskirts of Damascus. According to the author the cisterns provided water to the inn of the city and were also used as water troughs for domestic animals.

Date

1727

Bibliographic Citation

THEVENOT, Jean de. Suite du Voyage de Mr. De Thévenot au Levant, dans laquelle, après plusieurs remarques très-singulieres sur les particularitez de l'Egypte, de la Syrie, de la Mesopotamie, de l'Euphrate & du Tigre, il est traité de la Perse, & autres Etats sujets au Roi de Perse, ainsi que de sa cour, & de religions, gouvernemens, moeurs, forces, langues, sciences, arts & coutumes des peuples de ce grand empire; Et ainsi des antiquitez Tschehelminar, de Nakschi Rustan & autres lieux vers l'ancienne Persepolis: & particulierement de la route exacte de ce grand voyage, tant par terre en Turquie & en Perse, que par Mer dans la Mediterranée, Golfe Persique & Mer des Indes. Troisième edition, vol. III, Amsterdam, Michel Charles le Céne, M. DCC. XXVII. [=1727].

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thevenot2_26

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Kteifa

Damascus

Syria

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Social sphere and everyday life

Architecture and built environment

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THEVENOT, Jean de, “Water cisterns in Kteifa, town at the outskirts of Damascus. According to the author the cisterns provided water to the inn of the city and were also used as water troughs for domestic animals. ,” travelogues, accessed November 21, 2024, https://english.travelogues.gr/items/show/56881.