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  • Umayyad Mosque

  • Umayyad Mosque

    Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world, located in the old city of Damascus, Syria. It was built by the Umayyad caliph Al-Walid I in 715 AD. The mosque was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 as part of the 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
    Umayyad Mosque
    by Bernard Gagnon, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Umayyad Mosque
    by Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Umayyad Mosque
    by Arian Zwegers, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 693 m

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    Umayyad Mosque

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1979

    mosque

    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Syria

    Damascus

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    8th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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