Drawn in the 18th century by the Italian artist Luigi Mayr, these paintings show luxurious enigmatic palaces and structures in the ancient Syrian cities of Latakia and Tartus. All these structures were later destroyed as a result of numerous wars and conquests in Syria.
Another mosque in Latakia
Triumphal arch in Latakia
Arvad Island near Tartous
Tartus Cathedral
Funeral monuments near Tartus
Ancient ruins near Tartus
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Recall that you can also look at the destroyed Rome in the drawings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and the mysterious ruins of Robert Hubert.