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This triangle-shaped quarter, "New Quarter" appeared in the late Mameluke period, (1500s), in response to the Armenian Orthodox and Maronite Christian workers brought to Aleppo by the Venetians' trading operations with Europe. It is interesting compared to the wider Muslim areas of Aleppo because in quite a small area are many churches -- not strange compared to the density of mosques, but strange considering they are all of "competing" and mostly mutually exclusive sects, which, I would suppose, define an individual's identity greater than whichever mosque happens to be in your neighborhood would. The book Monuments of Syria describes the buildings of this quarter as exemplifying domestic architecture of the period -- the building focuses on a central courtyard, with a fountain or pool, and has a sharp split between downstairs "public" rooms and upstairs "private" rooms for the family. However, most of these buildings are owned by charitable or commercial interests, and are difficult for any random traveler to get inside. The Armenian Orthodox church, The Church of Forty Martyrs is the spot the marker is actually over -- it