Maqbarat ad Daḩḑāḩ
Maqbarat ad Daḩḑāḩ is a cemetery in Damascus Governorate, Syria. Maqbarat ad Daḩḑāḩ is situated nearby to the city gate Bab al-Faradis, as well as near the town Sarouja.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Umayyad Mosque and Bab al-Faradis.
Umayyad Mosque
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. Umayyad Mosque is situated 680 metres south of Maqbarat ad Daḩḑāḩ.
Bab al-Faradis
City gate
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bab al-Faradis or Bab al-Amara is one of the seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. The other name, Bab Al-Amara, refers to a name of a district in the old city where people in the 14th century would meet. Bab al-Faradis is situated 440 metres south of Maqbarat ad Daḩḑāḩ.
A’zm Palace
Castle
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Al-Azm Palace is a palace in Damascus, Syria, built in 1749. Located north of Al-Buzuriyah Souq in the Ancient City of Damascus, the palace was built in 1749 to be the private residence for As'ad Pasha al-Azm, the governor of Damascus; during the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, it housed the French Institute. A’zm Palace is situated 1 km south of Maqbarat ad Daḩḑāḩ.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Damascus and Sarouja.
Damascus
Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. A city of immense historical importance, Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.
Sarouja
Town
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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.
Abu Jarash
Quarter
Abu Jarash is a neighborhood and district of the al-Salihiyah municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 12,798 in the 2004 census. In the 1936 French Mandate census, Abu Jarash had a population of 9,600, all Muslims.
Maqbarat ad Daḩḑāḩ
- Type: Cemetery
- Also known as: “Dahdah”, “Ed-Dahdah”, “Maqbarat ad Dahdah”, and “Maqbarat Dahdah”
- Category: burial
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.51757° or 33° 31′ 3″ northLongitude
36.30533° or 36° 18′ 19″ eastElevation
692 metres (2,270 feet)Open location code
8G5RG894+24GeoNames ID
170990
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In Other Languages
“Maqbarat ad Daḩḑāḩ” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقبرة الدحداح”
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