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Name
Hamat was the name
which referred to a kingdom to the south of Ebla in the late 3rd
millennium BC.
Location
Approx. 48 km north of
Homs - 108 km from the
Hotel.
History
An old and timeless
city famous for its huge wooden Waterwheels or norias that have been
scooping water from the Orontes and pouring it into irrigation canals
for centuries. The downstream side on the left bank is full of
nice restaurants with terraces looking across to the wheels. Around
the largest of the norias known as the Al-Muhammediyya small stone
footbridges across the river lead to an interesting area of parkland. |
