🏛️ Nur al-Din Bimaristan

Syria · Asia · 33.51°N, 36.30°E

Nur al-Din Bimaristan is a large Muslim medieval bimaristan ("hospital") in Damascus, Syria. It is located in the al-Hariqa quarter in the old walled city, to the southwest of the Umayyad Mosque. It was built and named after the Zengid Sultan Nur ad-Din in 1154, and later on an extension was added to the main building in 1242 by a physician Badr al-Din. It was restored in 1975 and now houses the Museum of Medicine and Science in the Arab World.

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Country	Syria
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	33.51°N, 36.30°E · view on map

Nur al-Din Bimaristan is located in Syria, in Asia.

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