#medievalislamicarchitecture

Travels with my sketchbook Monday.
The Norias of Hama, Syria.
Theses amazing and beautiful medieval water wheels were once used to pull water from the Orontes river.
From the mosaic enthusiast out there, there is a mosaic in Apamea that shows a similar wheel dating back to 469.

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