Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria
Main entrance to the Umayyad Mosque at twilight, 705 AD, Damascus, Syria. Decorated with a mosaic facade and a gabled roofline, the main entrance overlooks the main courtyard of the Great Mosque. The site was long used for worship, of Hadad (by Arameans), Jupiter (by Romans), then it became the cathedral of John the Baptist in 330, and finally a mosque
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13448396
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45390420
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4992px x 2873px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
