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.

Object Details author George, Alain 1979- Subject Umayyad dynasty Umayyad dynasty Jāmiʻ al-Umawī al-Kabīr (Damascus, Syria) Jāmiʻ al-Umawī al-Kabīr (Damascus, Syria) Jαmiʻ al-Umaw+ al-Kab+r ...

Borrowing the model of the palimpsest, George’s The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus: Art, Faith and Empire in Early Islam takes the reader on a vivid tour of the renowned mosque’s history, meaning ...

Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files / 4.34: Photo File 34: Prints of drawings and maps Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, ...

In Damascus, people stood shoulder to shoulder at one of Syria's holiest sites, the Umayyad Mosque, in the first Friday prayers since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown less than a week ago.

October 15, 2012 15 October 2012 DAMASCUS - President Bashar al-Assad on Monday issued Presidential Decision No. 18 for 2012 on forming a committee to carry out maintenance and rehabilitation works of ...