Palmyra (Tadmor) 

Palmyra is splendid, a very particular place. It is where the Roman and Sassanid Empires in the Antique met and their influence were mixed with the characteristics of the population by then Helenic-Aramean-Arabic
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To the right you see the end of the Pillar Street and to the left the peculiar tomb-towers. It was a very misty and windy day but this might have added some effects to the picture