
Noria
Al-Bashriyya Al-Sughra Noria
Lesser Al-Bashriyya
Stopped / Non-functionalAl-Bashriyat Group (The Four Norias)
Location
Inside the Four Norias cluster in Al-Shari'a, right next to Great Al-Bashriyya and the Iron Bridge.
Surroundings
Orontes RiverGreat Al-BashriyyaTwin Ottoman NoriasIron Bridge
Historical evolution
Measures 13m in diameter with 80 lifting boxes, completing the synchronized irrigation system for Al-Shari'a orchards.
Folk stories
Carpentry festivals when master builders gathered to replace spokes and lower the massive central wooden axle.
Social life
Historically: Collaborative agricultural irrigation. Currently: Essential visual feature in Syrian heritage imagery.
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