Mount Qasioun
Mount Qasioun is a mountain overlooking the city of Damascus, Syria. It has a range of restaurants, from which the whole city can be viewed. Due to its high elevation, several communications and broadcasting networks constructed relay stations at the summit for the city's communications.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,151 metres
- Description: Historic mountain in Damascus
- Also known as: “Djebel Kassioun”, “Jabal Qasiyun”, “Jabal Qāsiyūn”, “Jebel Kasiun”, “Jebel Kassiun”, “Jebel Qāsiyūn”, “Jebel Qassioum”, “Jebel Qassioun”, “Jebel Quaisum”, “Kassioum”, “Kasyoun”, and “Mount Kassioun”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Salimiyya Takiyya and Al-Shami Hospital.
Salimiyya Takiyya
Mosque
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Salimiyya Takiyya, also known as the Ibn Arabi Mosque, is a takiyya in as-Salihiyya, Damascus. The complex was built over and in the surroundings of Ibn Arabi's tomb in 924 AH by the Ottoman sultan Selim I upon his return from the conquest of Egypt.
Al-Shami Hospital
Hospital
Al-Shami Hospital is a central hospital in Al-Malky street, Damascus, Syria.
Hanabila Mosque
Mosque
The Hanabila Mosque, also called the Muzaffari Mosque, is an early Ayyubid-era mosque in Damascus, Syria. The mosque was in use by 604 AH; with the minaret completed in 606 AH.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rukn Al Din and Sarouja.
Rukn Al Din
Town
Rukneddine, Rukn ad-Din or Rukn al-Din is a municipality of Damascus, Syria. In the CBS 2004 census, it had a population of 92,646. It is the historic Kurdish quarter of the city.
Sarouja
Town
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sarouja is a municipality of Damascus, Syria, due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.
Dummar
Town
Photo: Wesamt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dummar is a municipal district of Damascus, Syria, located in the northwest of the city. It is the largest district of Damascus in terms of area.
Mount Qasioun
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.53342° or 33° 32′ 0″ northLongitude
36.27331° or 36° 16′ 24″ eastElevation
1,151 metres (3,776 feet)Open location code
8G5RG7MF+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 364352036OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mount Qasioun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل قاسيون”
- Arabic: “قمة قاسيون”
- Catalan: “Djabal Kasiyun”
- Chinese: “卡松山”
- Czech: “Kásijún”
- Dutch: “Mount Qasioun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل قاسيون”
- Esperanto: “Monto Kasiun”
- Finnish: “Jabal Kasiyun”
- French: “Mont Qassioun”
- German: “Dschabal Qāsiyūn”
- German: “Dschabal Qasyun”
- German: “Dschabal Qāsyūn”
- German: “Kasiun”
- German: “Kassioun”
- German: “Qasiun”
- German: “Qasyun”
- Hausa: “Dutsen Qasioun”
- Hebrew: “ג’בל קאסיון”
- Hebrew: “הר קאסיון”
- Hebrew: “הר קסיון”
- Hebrew: “קאסיון”
- Hebrew: “קסיון”
- Hindi: “कासियून पहाड़ी”
- Hindi: “माउंट कजायुन”
- Japanese: “カシオン山”
- Kannada: “ಮೌಂಟ್ ಕ್ವಾಸಿಯಾನ್”
- Ladin: “Mount Qasioun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jabal Qasioun”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Qasioun”
- Norwegian: “Jabal Qasioun”
- Persian: “قاسیون”
- Persian: “کوه قاسیون”
- Persian: “کوهٔ قاسیون”
- Romanian: “Muntele Qasioun”
- Russian: “Джабаль-Касиюн”
- Russian: “Джебель-Касиюн”
- Spanish: “Monte Qasiūn”
- Turkish: “Kasiyun dağı”
- Urdu: “جبل قاسیون”
- Western Panjabi: “جبل قاسیون”
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