ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Fighting has long died down in Syria’s largest city but Aleppo’s centuries-old market still has to come back to life, more than a year after government forces retook the Old City’s rebel-held neighborhoods.

Few shops have reopened in the once sprawling bazaar, the Khan al-Gumruk. Shop owners and local officials hope the international community will help with renovations.

The bazaar, or souk, is believed to be one of the world’s oldest covered markets. People would come from far to buy textiles, clothes, perfumes, spices and hand-made oriental products.

The market is part of Aleppo’s Old City — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — which also boasts a 13th century citadel, a giant mosque and several other monuments, nearly all of which have been damaged or destroyed.