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IslamUmayyad Mosque (Great Mosque of Damascus)
Damascus · Syria · mosque
One of the oldest and largest mosques in the world, raised by the Umayyad caliph al-Walid I between 705 and 715 CE in the heart of the Old City of Damascus, sheltering the shrine of Prophet Yahya (John the Baptist) honoured by Muslims and Christians alike.
IslamZeyrek Mosque
· Turkey · mosque
An Istanbul mosque housed within the former Byzantine Monastery of the Pantokrator, the finest surviving example of Middle Byzantine architecture in Constantinople.