Umayyad Mosque

Umayyad Mosque

Also known as جامع بني أمية الكبير

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Year

706

Type

building

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The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, is the congregational mosque commissioned by the caliph al-Walid I and built between 706 and 715 AD inside the rectangular precinct of a former Roman temple of Jupiter and Chri …

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