Great Mosque of Damascus

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Friday mosque Umayyad mosque mosque religious building tourist attraction

The Great Mosque of Damascus is one of the oldest and most important monumental mosques in the world, renowned for its early Islamic architecture and continuous religious significance since the Umayyad era.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Umayyad Mosque	4
Masjid Umayyad	1
Umayyad Mosque, Damascus	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Friday mosque ⓘ Umayyad mosque ⓘ mosque ⓘ religious building ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Jami al-Umawi ⓘ Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ surface form: Masjid Umayyad Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ surface form: Umayyad Mosque
architecturalStyle	Umayyad architecture ⓘ early Islamic architecture ⓘ
builderDynasty	Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
builtUnder	Al-Walid I ⓘ
cityLandmarkOf	Damascus ⓘ
constructionEnd	715 ⓘ
constructionStart	706 ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
coordinateLatitude	33.511 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude	36.306 ⓘ
country	Syria ⓘ
damagedBy	fire of 1893 ⓘ
denomination	Sunni Islam ⓘ
features	arcades ⓘ hypostyle prayer hall ⓘ large courtyard ⓘ marble paneling ⓘ mosaics ⓘ
floorArea	approximately 15,000 square meters ⓘ
hasContinuousReligiousFunctionSince	8th century ⓘ
hasDome	central dome ⓘ
hasMinaret	Minaret of the Bride ⓘ surface form: Minaret of Jesus Minaret of Qaytbay ⓘ Minaret of the Bride ⓘ
hasShrine	Shrine of John the Baptist ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
historicalEra	Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Umayyad era
housesRelicOf	John the Baptist ⓘ
locatedIn	Damascus ⓘ Damascus ⓘ surface form: Old City of Damascus Syria ⓘ
namedAfter	Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
numberOfMinarets	3 ⓘ
partOf	Ancient City of Damascus World Heritage Site ⓘ
precededBy	Christian basilica of Saint John the Baptist ⓘ Roman temple of Jupiter ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
restoredIn	late 19th century ⓘ
significance	important example of early Islamic art and architecture ⓘ major center of Islamic worship ⓘ one of the oldest monumental mosques in the world ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1979 ⓘ
usedFor	Friday prayers ⓘ daily prayers ⓘ religious festivals ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Mosque of Damascus → alsoKnownAs → Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad Mosque

Great Mosque of Damascus → alsoKnownAs → Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Masjid Umayyad

Al-Walid I → architecturalPatronage → Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ

Saladin → burialPlace → Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad Mosque, Damascus

Islamic art → hasNotableExample → Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ

Al-Hamidiyah Souq → near → Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad Mosque

Citadel of Damascus → near → Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad Mosque

Damascus → notableBuilding → Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad Mosque

Early Islamic period → notableMonument → Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ

Umayyad architecture → notableWork → Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ

Umayyad Caliphate → significantCulturalSite → Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ