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Syria This picture shows Noria of Bichriyat near Hama. It was taken on a travel to Hama, Syria, Asia. It is one of the 6595 of travel photographs you can find on Traveladventures.org. You can click on the picture to see more pictures of Hama. You can also send it as a free electronic postcard or download it for free, by following the links under the picture. Alternatively, you can follow the tags under the picture to find other travel pictures of a particular theme, or switch to another language. Enjoy your travel with pictures from all over the world! Show on map Locate Norias on map Other languages: \| \| \| \| Categories Architecture Art Bridges City & Cityscape Coastline Culture & Religion Doors & Windows Events History Landscape Nature People Transportation Various	Picture of Noria of Bichriyat near Hama (Hama, Syria) Close up of noria at the city park in Hama Send image of Noria of Bichriyat near Hama as a free postcard Download picture of Noria of Bichriyat near Hama Purchase Noria of Bichriyat near Hama (Syria) 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. Read more about: Norias Tags for this picture: \| \| \| \| Asia Oceania building modern Hama Santo Domingo Norias Paramaribo park skyline Syria Italy
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