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The Ummayad Mosque, also known as the Grand Mosque of Damascus (Arabic: جامع بني أمية الكبير, transl. Ğām' Banī 'Umayyah al-Kabīr), is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Located in one of the holiest sites in the old city of Damascus, it is of great architectural importance.
After the Arab conquest of Damascus, the mosque was built on the Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist since the time of the Roman emperor Constantine I. The mosque holds a shrine which still today contains the head of John the Baptist (Yahya), honored as a prophet by both Christians and Muslims alike. There is also the tomb of Saladin, which stands in a small garden adjoining the north wall of the mosque.
This picture is been taken by me while I was in Damascus
in Ugust 2010.
Description from wikipedia.
After the Arab conquest of Damascus, the mosque was built on the Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist since the time of the Roman emperor Constantine I. The mosque holds a shrine which still today contains the head of John the Baptist (Yahya), honored as a prophet by both Christians and Muslims alike. There is also the tomb of Saladin, which stands in a small garden adjoining the north wall of the mosque.
This picture is been taken by me while I was in Damascus
in Ugust 2010.
Description from wikipedia.
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