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Photograph: Willem van de Poll

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1950 Damascus's Marjeh Square and the Telegraph Column Framed Vintage Photo Reprint Night Journey Place each of the mountingThis 1950 photo of Marjeh Square ( ), one of the main squares in Damascus captures a moment in time, long forgotten. The centerpiece is the grand Telegraph Column ( , , ) commissioned by Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II and built by Italian architect Raimondo D'Aronco in 1904 5 to commemorate the completion of a telegraph line between Damascus and Mecca. At the top of the column sits a bronze replica of Yildz Mosque ( ) in Istanbul. On the far right you