Hama · Orontes River · Water engineering in the city

Norias of Hama

Historic waterwheels beside the Orontes River.

The norias appear on Syria’s UNESCO Tentative List. Tentative status is distinct from World Heritage inscription and does not confirm whether any wheel operates today.

Consider how the wheels connect river, channels and nearby buildings.

Place photograph · Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0

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Norias of Hama

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