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Umayyad Aqsa, Damascus, Syria | Damascus syria, Umayyad mosque, Syria

The Ummayad Mosque, aka the Grand Mosque of Damascus is one of the oldest mosques in the world and is regarded as the fourth-holiest site in Islam, it was built on the site of a Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com

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Damascus Old City Umayyad (or Great) Mosque (Jamia al-Umawi) 708-715 Umayyad Bab al-Barid & Minaret of Qaitbay (1) | Umayyad mosque, Damascus syria, Syria pictures

Patron: al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān (al-Walid I) c.674-715 (r.705-15) Patron Minaret: Abu al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din al-Ashraf Qaitbay c.1416/1418-1496 Circassian Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (r.1468–96)

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