This department store, possibly in the form of a European-style arcade, was probably located on the west side of the Māristān road. It was destroyed in 1925 as a result of the French bombardment of Sīdī ʿĀmūd.
Photo: Luigi Stironi.
Stefan Weber. Damascus, Ottoman Modernity and Urban Transformation 1808-1918, Vol. II. Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus, V 2009 (p. 79).
Alice Poulleau, À Damas sous les bombes. Journal d'une Française pendant la révolte syrienne, 1924-1926, Édition Bretteville Frères, Paris 1926 (pp. 97-98).
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