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Damascus is home to many Mosques, each drawing from various periods of its history such as the Umayyad Caliphate (of which Damascus was the seat), Abbasid Caliphate, Fatimids, Ayyubids, Mamluks, Ottoman Empire and finally the modern Syrian Arab Republic.
Great Mosque of Kairouan. The Great Mosque of Kairouan ( Arabic: جامع القيروان الأكبر ), also known as the Mosque of Uqba ( جامع عقبة بن نافع ), is a mosque situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Kairouan, Tunisia and is one of the largest Islamic monuments in North Africa.
Ayyubid. Minaret (s) 1. The Great Mosque of Maarat al-Numan ( Arabic: جَامِع مَعَرَّة ٱلنُّعْمَان ٱلْكَبِير, romanized : Jāmiʿ Maʿarrat an-Nuʿmān al-Kabīr) is a 12th-century Ayyubid -era mosque in the city of Maarat al-Numan between Hama and Aleppo in Syria. [1]
Damascus. / 33.51306°N 36.29194°E / 33.51306; 36.29194. Damascus ( / dəˈmæskəs / də-MASK-əs, UK also / dəˈmɑːskəs / də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دِمَشق, romanized : Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam.
The Umayyad Mosque, located in the old city of Damascus, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. It is considered by some Muslims to be the fourth-holiest place in Islam. Русский: Мечеть Омейядов, Большая мечеть Дамаска, Сирия, одна из крупнейших и старейших ...
The White Mosque ( Arabic: المسجد الأبيض, romanized : al-Masjid al-Abyad; Hebrew: המסגד הלבן, romanized : HaMisgad HaLavan) was an Umayyad -era mosque located in Ramle, Israel. [3] Only its minaret is still standing. According to local Islamic tradition, the northwestern section of the mosque contained the shrine of an ...
Masjid al-Haram ( Arabic: ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَام, romanized : al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, lit. 'The Sacred Mosque'), [4] also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, [5] is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam.
