From 2002 through 2010, WMF worked in partnership with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture on a project that addressed the conservation of the fortifications and the most significant structures of the citadel as well as the interpretation of the site for visitors. This comprehensive program has resulted in several separate projects: the conservation of part of the Ayyubid palace and its baths, the walls of the western citadel, the Ottoman barracks, the conservation of a large underground cistern from the Ayyubid period, the conservation of the palace gatehouse, and a plan for the conservation and shelter of the Bronze Age neo-Hittite Temple of the Storm God. The program also includes training a local conservation staff and capacity building for the community.
WMF is presently focused on the conservation and presentation of the Bronze Age Temple of the Storm God, which requires a design solution that will preserve the sculptural reliefs and protect the site from erosion, as it cannot be left open to the elements. In 2011, WMF suspended its work of support following the onset of civil conflict in Syria. A missile attack on August 11, 2012 damaged the citadel’s massive gate and destroyed the iron doors, dating to 1211.
http://www.wmf.org/project/citadel-aleppo
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