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The Great Mosque of Aleppo (Arabic: جَـامِـع حَـلَـب الْـكَـبِـيْـر, romanized: Jāmi‘ Ḥalab al-Kabīr) is the largest and one of the oldest mosques in the city of Aleppo, Syria. It is located in al-Jalloum district of the Ancient City of Aleppo, a World Heritage Site, near the entrance to Al-Madina Souq.
Aleppo was never a capital of any of the grand Arab dynasties, but nevertheless the city's central position in the Levant between Damascus and Baghdad, and its closeness to Anatolia, helped the city to prosper fast. This is a list of mosques in Aleppo from different dynastic periods.
Al-Madina Souq in Aleppo, world's largest covered historic market, destroyed and burnt by fire. [6] Great Mosque of Aleppo, damaged during a Syrian rebel offensive. Wall destroyed by Rocket-propelled grenades. [7] Apamea and the wall and towers of the citadel of Al-Madiq Castle (Tentative World Heritage Site) Mosque of Idlib Sermin
The Great Mosque of Aleppo (Arabic: جَـامِـع حَـلَـب الْـكَـبِـيْـر, Jāmi‘ Ḥalab al-Kabīr) is the largest and one of the oldest mosques in the city of Aleppo, Syria. It is located in al-Jalloum district of the Ancient City of Aleppo, a World Heritage Site, near the entrance to Al-Madina Souq.
Great Mosque of Aleppo: Aleppo: 715 Sunni Shrine of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist: Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque: Damascus: 682 Shi'ah: Shrine of Zaynab bint Ali: Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque: Damascus: 1985 Shi‘ah Shrine of Fatimah, the youngest daughter of Husayn ibn Ali: Sulaymaniyya Takiyya Mosque Damascus: 1554 Sunni Nabi Habeel Mosque ...
The opposition rebels on Saturday made their way through large parts of the city, staking their claim in the very center of the city at the Aleppo Citadel and the Great Mosque of Aleppo, according ...
The courtyard of the Great Mosque of Aleppo Al-Shibani building. Great Mosque of Aleppo (Jāmi' Bani Omayya al-Kabīr), founded c. 715 by Umayyad caliph Walid I and most likely completed by his successor Sulayman. The building contains a tomb associated with Zachary, father of John the Baptist. Construction of the present structure for Nur al ...
English: The Great Mosque of Aleppo, 8th century CE. Current building dates back to the 11th through 14th centuries. It is architecturally similar to the Great Mosque of Damascus. The mosque was seriously damaged during Syrian Civil War but is due to be restored. Aleppo, Syria.