When the Refurbishing works of the old house started with the purpose of turning it into a magnificent master piece hotel, Workshops had very strict orders from the new owners to keep the same architectural and engineering identity of it which combined many ancient civilizations such as the old Syrian, Phoenician and Roman. This enormous job was done by a huge team of experts, sculptors, engravers, Arab crafts artists, mosaic, Arabesque, faience, Ajami , silver and copper craftsmen. The engineers worked really hard to keep this unique interrelation between the old and contemporary, modernity and the very old past, between the second millennium and the first millennium BC.so that Agenor will have his own house in Damascus? The hotel Windows whose glass is made with Persian ornament and pottery edges decorated with old Arabic poetry written about Damascus and the love of life. Everything in the damascene house revolves around the water fountain which is the source of life that sprays water high in the sky to come down right in the fountain or ALNOFARA as called by Damascus people. This water fountain which the damascenes take as the center of the universe in their houses is the very center point of Agenor palace . The old people of Damascus used to have their breakfast around the water fountain listening to the melody of water drops. In Agenor lobby? you can have cup of coffee prepared with Fijah water, the spring of life in Damascus and the damascene coffee beans mixed with the famous mixture? nutmeg and musk? in copper kettles. Whose metal gives the echo of coppersmiths blows in coppersmiths market few steps far towards the northern fence of the ancient city? In the lobby of Agenor you can see the ancient wooden furniture and one of the speeches of prophet Mohammad engraved on one of the walls talking about the return of Christ at the end of the world Saying that Christ will appear at the white minaret east of Damascus) .
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