Córdoba in central southern Spain has one of the warmest beaches in Europe. Valdearenas Beach sits on the banks of a ...

The Dome of the Rock, an architectural masterpiece and Islam’s third most sacred site, is revealing its secrets to scholars who were granted groundbreaking access.

A few minutes from where we met is the Umayyad Mosque, a site that has played host to houses of worship for thousands of years — an Iron Age temple to a rain god, a Roman temple to Jupiter, the ...

Evidence of its Roman and Byzantine past exists alongside important Islamic monuments such as the Umayyad Mosque. Despite the allure of these ancient sites, the US doesn't recommend travel to Syria.

The high-speed AVE train has made some of Spain's treasures easy to visit from the capital. Here are 20 of the best day trips ...

Córdoba was once the capital of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain. At Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, which was built in the late ...

In 2001, he became the first pope ever to enter a mosque, the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, where he called for Christian-Muslim dialogue. That same year, ...

Several early popes were born in Syria, and Pope John Paul II visited Damascus in 2001, even entering the Umayyad Mosque - the only pope ever to cross the threshold of a mosque.

Abdelkader Harkassi Aidi, Tarek Rodriguez and Abdallah Rafael Hernandez Mancha set out from southern Spain in October, riding through France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria ...

A perforated, blanket-like roof of stone-clad steelwork covers the Al-Mujadilah Centre and Mosque for Women in Qatar, which has been completed by American studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Located ...