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  • Mausoleum of Saladin

  • Mausoleum of Saladin

    Mausoleum of Saladin is the grave of the medieval Muslim Ayyubid Sultan Saladin. It is located near the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. The mausoleum was built in 1196 AD, three years after the death of Saladin. The Mausoleum of Saladin was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 as part of Ancient City of Damascus.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Ancient City of Damascus.
    World Heritage Site
    Mausoleum of Saladin
    by Jan Smith, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Mausoleum of Saladin

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1979

    mosque

    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Syria

    Damascus

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    12th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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