page_title: Azm Palace (Hama)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Azm Palace (Hama) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Part of the exebition in the Al Azam Palace, in Hama, Syria. Picture taken by me in June, 2001, with an automatic Olympus mju:zoom140 camera.
context_page_description: The Azm Palace 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 south of the Hama Citadel. Ross Burns, author of Monuments of Syria, reportedly considers the Azm Palace to be "one of the loveliest Ottoman residential buildings in Syria."
context_section_description: The Azm Palace at Hama was built in 1742 by the Ottoman governor, As'ad Pasha al-Azm, as his residence. It served the continuing line of Azm governors in Hama until the end of family rule in the 19th century.
  A larger palace with the same basic plan, also known as the Azm Palace, was built in Damascus by As'ad Pasha when he became governor of that city in 1743. 
  The palace has been used as a museum since 1956, displaying archaeological finds from sites in and around Hama, including the citadel. A noteworthy exhibit is that of a Roman mosaic depicting a musician playing a lyre. Extensively damaged during the 1982 Hama uprising, the palace has since been largely restored.
caption: Mannequin display depicting traditional scene
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