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2. Great Mosque of Aleppo - Wikipedia

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   The Great Mosque of Aleppo (Arabic: جَامِع حَلَب ٱلْكَبِيْر, romanized: Jāmiʿ Ḥalab al-Kabīr) is the largest and one of the oldest mosques in the city of Aleppo, Syria. It is located in al-Jalloum district of the Ancient City of Aleppo , a World Heritage Site , near the entrance to Al-Madina Souq .

3. Umayyad Mosque - Wikipedia

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   The Umayyad Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأموي, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-Umawī), also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Its religious importance stems from the eschatological reports concerning the mosque and historic ...

4. Ichthys - Wikipedia

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   Ichthys was adopted as a Christian symbol.. The ichthys or ichthus (/ ˈ ɪ k θ ə s / [1]), from the Greek ikhthū́s (ἰχθύς, 1st cent.AD Koine Greek pronunciation: [ikʰˈtʰys], "fish") is (in its modern rendition) a symbol consisting of two intersecting arcs, the ends of the right side extending beyond the meeting point so as to resemble the profile of a fish.

5. FACT CHECK: Post Claims Syrian Christians Were Told Not To ...

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   Visitors gather at the nearby Umayyad Mosque, a symbol of the city's rich cultural and religious heritage as life is gradually returning to normal in Damascus after the city fell into the hands of ...

6. List of the oldest mosques - Wikipedia

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   Al-Shuaibiyah Mosque: Aleppo Syria: 637: Ibrahimi Mosque: Hebron Palestine: 637 [116] Great Mosque of Aleppo: Aleppo Syria: 715: Umayyad Mosque: Damascus Syria: 715: Sunni Fourth holiest site and the national mosque of Syria. It was originally built after the Muslim conquest of the city in 634. The current structure dates to 715. White Mosque ...

7. File:Flickr - jemasmith - Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Detail ...

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   The spot where the mosque now stands was a temple of Hadad in the Aramean era. The site was later a temple of Jupiter in the Roman era, then a Christian church dedicated to John the Baptist in the Byzantine era, before finally becoming a mosque. Date: 12 May 2010, 08:40: Source: Umayyad Mosque, Damascus: Detail. Author: Jan Smith from Brisbane ...

8. File:Damascus, Syria, The Umayyad Mosque, The Courtyard.jpg

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   The Umayyad Mosque, located in the old city of Damascus, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. It is considered by some Muslims to be the fourth-holiest place in Islam. Русский: Мечеть Омейядов, Большая мечеть Дамаска, Сирия, одна из крупнейших и старейших ...

9. Ar-Rahman Mosque (Aleppo) - Wikipedia

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   It was opened in 1994 and features a combined style of the early Umayyad architecture and modern mosques. It has a large central dome surrounded with 2 high and 4 shorter rectangular minarets. The external walls of the mosque are decorated with stones in the form of traditional Quran pages, inscribed with some verses from the Ar-Rahman sura. [1]