Umayyad architecture
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Umayyad architecture developed in the Umayyad Caliphate between 661 and 750, primarily in its heartland of historical Syria. It drew extensively on the architecture of older Middle Eastern and Mediter
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Syria, Damascus, The Umayyad Mosque
Khirbat al Mafjar Foto Thaler Tamas 6
Gateway in Qasr Al-Mushatta palace (present-day Jordan) showing mix of construction techniques: cut stone was in the local Syrian style while the brickwork shows Mesopotomian influence.
Umayyad Mosque
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The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Its religious importan
Remains of an old Roman-era triple doorway in the exterior southern wall of the mosque
Interior of the prayer hall