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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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an archway leading to a building with a clock tower in the background and blue sky

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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