Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria
Main entrance to the Umayyad Mosque at sunset, 705 AD, Damascus, Syria. Decorated with a mosaic facade and a gabled roofline, the main entrance overlooks the main courtyard with the ablution fountain in the foreground. 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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13448397
Media ID
45390427
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4992px x 3470px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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