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One of the norias in the city park in Hama

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The city of Hama is known for its enormous waterwheels or norias, which provided water from the Orontes river to the city and surrounding areas.
Right in the centre of Hama, there is a pleasant park on the riverfront. Some gigantic wooden waterwheels turn here, scooping up water from the Orontes river and taking it up to the aquaduct running from it. Although the system is not used anymore in present days, it is still easy to see how simple and smart it is. Water just falls back down into the river it was taken from. In medieval times, Hama had some 30 norias, of which around a dozen remain.
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