The construction of the Umayyad Mosque began in 705 AD by al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik. The Umayyad Mosque is also distinguished by being the first mosque in which the mihrab and the apse appeared as ...

The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, is one of the oldest and largest mosques in the world, located in the heart of the old city of Damascus. It is situated at the heart ...

“May god give us better days ahead.” Crowds of Syrians moving past Roman ruins on way to Umayyad Mosque for Friday prayers on 13 December 2024 (Daniel Hilton/MEE) Mohammed was among jubilant ...

Pope John Paul II has become the first Roman Catholic ... a Muslim mosque. Accompanied by Syria's leading Muslim clerics, the 81-year-old pope entered Sunday the landmark Great Umayyad Mosque ...

AMMAN — The Umayyad period represents a very dynamic phase in the history of the Levant in terms of the political transition, architecture and adaptation of the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and ...

In 705 CE, the Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I transformed the basilica into a grand mosque, completing the construction in just nine years. This conversion retained certain architectural elements from ...