October War Panorama
بانوراما حرب تشرين | |
National museum |
The October War Panorama (
History
The museum, like Egypt's
The museum was inaugurated in 1998 by president Hafez al-Assad.
Exhibits
The museum displays the tanks, jets and weaponry used by Syria during the war, most of them
The museum also contains many large gallery halls featuring large commemorative paintings and murals depicting former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad, most notably a 238 m2 painting of the president flanked by the Syrian people.
Also in the panorama are large paintings depicting the battles of the war and Syrian soldiers. The painters of the murals featured in the galleries are said to have used real soldiers and veterans as models for their work and had spent extended periods of time in the locations depicted in the paintings.[2]
Various paintings depict the history of Syria, which are a mix of Arab and Syrian nationalism. These include a commemoration of the third millennium BC Syrian kingdom of
3D panorama
The main part of the museum is the 3D panorama. The viewer is seated on a rotating platform, submerged in a depiction of the battle for Quneitra in the Golan Heights, while pre-recorded narrations of the war and the battle play through speakers.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "October War Panorama – Damascus, Syria". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9781315412207.
- ^ Cooper, Tom; al-Abed, Yaser (September 26, 2003). "Syrian Tank-Hunters in Lebanon, 1982". Retrieved October 28, 2011.