Azm Palace (Hama)
| Azm Palace | |
|---|---|
قصر العظم | |
Upper courtyard of the palace | |
| Alternative names | Qasr al-Azm |
| General information | |
| Type | Palace, museum |
| Architectural style | Syrian |
| Location | Hama, Syria |
| Address | 400 meters (1,300 ft) south of the Hama Citadel |
| Completed | 1742 |
| Client | As'ad Pasha al-Azm |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
The Azm Palace (Arabic: بيت العظم, Bayt al-ʿAẓm) is an 18th-century Ottoman-era palace in Hama, Syria at the center of the city on the banks of the Orontes River, about 400 meters (1,300 ft) south of the Hama Citadel. Ross Burns, author of Monuments of Syria (1999), reportedly considers the Azm Palace to be "one of the loveliest Ottoman residential buildings in Syria." The palace has been used as a regional archaeology museum since 1956.
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