Al Bimaristan An-Nouri

Nur al-Din Bimaristan is a large Muslim medieval bimaristan in , . It is located in the al-Hariqa quarter in the old walled city, to the southwest of the .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: ancient hospital(museum currently) in Damascus, Syria
  • Also known as: “Al Bimaristan Al-Nouri”, “Nur al-Din Bimaristan”, and “Nuri Bemarstan”
  • Address: 8 شارع محمد مسلم العابدين

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Umayyad Mosque and Citadel of Damascus.

Mosque
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The , also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of , the capital of , is one of the largest and oldest in the world. is situated 320 metres northeast of Al Bimaristan An-Nouri.

Castle
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The is an Ayyubid-era medieval fortified palace and citadel in , . It is part of the Ancient City of Damascus, which was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. is situated 230 metres northwest of Al Bimaristan An-Nouri.

Castle
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Al-Azm Palace is a palace in , , built in 1749. Located north of Al-Buzuriyah Souq in the Ancient City of Damascus, the palace was built in 1749 to be the private residence for As'ad Pasha al-Azm, the governor of Damascus; during the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, it housed the French Institute. is situated 320 metres east of Al Bimaristan An-Nouri.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Damascus and Sarouja.

Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of . A city of immense historical importance, was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.

Town
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is a municipality of , , due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.

Town
is a neighbourhood and municipality in , , south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456.

Al Bimaristan An-Nouri

Latitude
33.51025° or 33° 30′ 37″ north
Longitude
36.30357° or 36° 18′ 13″ east
Open location code
8G5RG863+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 371955797
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q632127
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Al Bimaristan An-Nouri” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البيمارستان النوري”
  • Arabic: “المارستان النوري”
  • Arabic: “بيمارستان النوري”
  • Arabic: “بيمارستان نوري”
  • Asturian: “Bimaristán Nur al-Din”
  • French: “Bimaristan Nur al-Din”
  • Fulah: “Nur al-adin bimaristan”
  • German: “Bimaristan des Nur ad-Din”
  • German: “Krankenhaus des Nur ad-Din”
  • Japanese: “ヌーリー病院”
  • Japanese: “ヌールッディーンのビーマーリスターン”
  • Japanese: “ヌールッディーンのビマリスタン”
  • Persian: “بیمارستان نوری”
  • Spanish: “Bimaristan de Nur ad-Din”
  • Spanish: “Bimaristán de Nur ad-Din”
  • Thai: “บีมาเรสทอนนูรุดดีน”
  • Turkish: “Nureddin Zengî Bimaristanı”

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