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( SVU HW)The Umayyad Mosque tour | 360 tour et VR

Damascus, Syria

Tourism, Heritage Sites, Museums and Cities

abstract nThe Umayyad Mosque (Arabic: الْجَامِع الْأُمَوِي‎, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾUmawī), also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus (Arabic: جَامِع بَنِي أُمَيَّة الْكَبِير‎, romanized: Jāmiʻ Banī Umayyah al-Kabīr), located in the old city of Damascus, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. The mosque is also important in Islam because of its historical and eschatological reports and events associated with the mosque. nAfter the Muslim conquest of Damascus in 634, the mosque was built on the site of a Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist, honored as a prophet by Christians and Muslims. A legend dating to the sixth century holds that the building contains the head of John the Baptist.[1] Two shrines commemorating Husayn ibn Ali (Arabic: مقام الحسين‎), whose martyrdom is frequently compared to that of John the Baptist[2] and Jesus Christ,[3] exist within the building premises.[4] The mosque is also believed by Muslims to be the place where Jesus will return at the End of Days. The mausoleum containing the tomb of Saladin stands in a small garden adjoining the north wall of the mosque.

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