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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.