The aqueduct can carry the water to supply buildings, gardens and farmland. Seventeen of Hama's original norias have been conserved. They are notable for their ...
Jan 31, 2024 ... A series of 17 norias, historic water-raising machines for irrigation, along the Orontes River in Hama, Syria. They are notable for their medieval origins.
Feb 19, 2010 ... The sounds these water wheels make aren't very pleasant, but maybe sound tourists shouldn't restrict themselves to pleasant listening ...
Mar 21, 2023 ... Had to scroll a ways to find someone else who noticed! Interesting way to get to the top!
Jul 13, 2023 ... Within a few minutes of getting off the bus, he quietly and quickly notified the adults to gather the kids and get back on the bus. Now. We ...
Dec 26, 2022 ... Slowly emptying their wooden buckets into aqueducts and channeling systems – in an endless circle. For centuries, norias brought water to ...
Jan 23, 2015 ... The norias ("wheels of pots" in Arabic) were originally constructed on the Orontes River to move H2O through a series of aqueducts that fed ...
Oct 23, 2010 ... Their name translates from the Arabic as wheel of pots and for centuries the norias of Hama lifted water in to small aqueducts to irrigate ...
Mar 14, 2018 ... The water from the river was lifted to several small aqueducts which transferred it for the everyday needs of the people. Seventeen of these ...
May 20, 2024 ... Here are Hama's famed norias- waterwheels- of which there were once 156, I'm told. Now somewhere between 12 and 17 are still operational ...