Great Mosque

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Great Mosque

Damascus, Syria

 

minaret of the Great Mosque is seen from many parts of the old city

 

columns around the courtyard

 

closer view

 

the fountain

 

washing before prayer

 

the treasury
(safest place to store valuables
was thought to be in the courtyard of the mosque)

 

building mosaics

 

panel detail

 

mihrab
(inside the mosque, the niche pointing to Mecca)

 

mimbar
(where the message at Friday prayers is said)

 

children in the mosque

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