Fleeing the Palace
René Ammann | 16. December 2024
Completed in 1990, the New Shaab Palace was designed by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, though he resigned before construction began. (Photo: Google Maps)
Size of the main building of the “People’s Palace” in the Syrian capital of Damascus, where the ruling Assad family lived until the beginning of December 2024, while tens of thousands of men, women, and children in secret detention centers were tortured and killed: 31,500 square meters (340,000 square feet)