The Great Mosque of Bani Umayyah in Damascus is considered the fourth most famous Islamic mosque, one of the most luxurious Islamic mosques, and one of the seven wonders of Islam in the world.

Over the course of its 1,300-year history, the Umayyad mosque has seen many great personalities come and go. While some passed through, others spent time as students or teachers.

Glass wall mosaic is a major feature of early Islamic architecture, surviving above all in the Umayyad monuments of the Dome of the Rock and the Great Mosque of Damascus. These grand mosaics inspired ...

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 ...

The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus: Art, Faith and Empire in Early Islam by Alain George (2021) is published by Gingko and is available in bookstores and online.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed nine people including security officers at a Damascus mosque on Friday, Syria’s interior ministry said, in another blow to a fraying U.N.-brokered ...

The minarets of Great Umayyad Mosque were historically related to all Islamic eras, starting from the Islamic conquest and passing through the Umayyad state, which set off from Damascus into the ...

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.