Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria
Main courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque at twilight 705 AD, Damascus, Syria. The ablution fountain (in the middle), the main entraince decorated with a mosaic facade and a gabled roofline (on the left) and the minaret of Jesus in the southeastern corner can be seen on this panoramic view. 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
Picture No
13448399
Media ID
45390445
Size
4992px x 3328px
(2.3MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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