Ummayad Mosque Completed In 715AD Also Known As The Grand Mosque of Damascus, Damascus Syria The Middle East

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The Umayyad Mosque Completed In 715AD is considered to be one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Located in one of the holiest sites in the old city of Damascus (Damascus built and settled in the 2nd millennium BC) ... The Umayyad Mosque also holds great significance to Shī‘ah and traditional Sunni Muslims due to Muhammad being held prisoner for a time in the Mosque.

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Size: 2855px × 3807px
Location: City Of Damascus In Syria The Middle East
Photo credit: © Michael Arthur Thompson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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