Umayyad Mosque

The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of , the capital of , is one of the largest and oldest in the world.
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  • Mosque
  • …lies at an elevation of 694 metres (2,277 feet)
  • Description: mosque in Damascus, Syria
  • Also known as
    “Al Jāmi‘ al Umawī”
    “Archbasilica of Saint John”
    “Archbasilica of St. John”
    “Great Mosque of Damascus”
    “Omayyad Mosque”
    “Shrine of John the Baptist”
    “Umayyad Grand Mosque”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include A’zm Palace and Jupiter Temple.
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Al-Azm Palace is a palace in , , built in 1749. is situated 160 metres south of Umayyad Mosque.
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The Temple of Jupiter in was built by the… is situated 120 metres west of Umayyad Mosque.
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The Mausoleum of Saladin holds the resting place and…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Damascus and Sarouja.
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is the capital and largest city of .
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is a municipality of , , due north of the Old Damascus.
is a neighbourhood and municipality…

Umayyad Mosque

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Latitude
33.51158° or 33° 30′ 42″ north
Longitude
36.30665° or 36° 18′ 24″ east
Open location code
8G5RG864+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 315255977
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Geo­Names ID
7642376
Wiki­data ID
Q183562

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Umayyad Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Meuseujid Umayyah”
  • Afrikaans: “Omajjadiese Moskee”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia Emevi”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia Emevie”
  • Arabic: “الجامع الأموى”
  • Arabic: “الجامع الأموي”
  • Arabic: “الجامع الاموي الكبير”
  • Arabic: “المسجد الأموى”
  • Arabic: “المسجد الأموي الكبير”
  • Arabic: “المسجد الأموي”
  • Arabic: “المسجد الاموي”
  • Arabic: “جامع الاموي الكبي”
  • Arabic: “جامع بني أمية الكبير”
  • Arabic: “مسجد دمشق”
  • Armenian: “Օմայանների մզկիթ”
  • Asturian: “Mezquita de los Omeyes”
  • Avaric: “Омавиязул мажгит”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əməvi məscidi”
  • Bashkir: “Өмәүиҙәр мәсете”
  • Basque: “Omeiatarren meskita”
  • Belarusian: “Амэядзкі мячэт”
  • Belarusian: “Мячэць Амеядаў”
  • Bengali: “উমাইয়া মসজিদ”
  • Bosnian: “Velika džamija u Damasku”
  • Bulgarian: “Омаядска джамия”
  • Bulgarian: “Омеядска джамия”
  • Bulgarian: “Омеядската джамия в Дамаск”
  • Catalan: “Gran Mesquita de Damasc”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita dels Omeies”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita dels Omeyas”
  • Central Kurdish: “مزگەوتی ئەمەوی”
  • Chinese: “倭馬亞大清真寺”
  • Chinese: “倭马亚大寺”
  • Chinese: “倭马亚大清真寺”
  • Chinese: “倭马亚清真寺”
  • Chinese: “圣约翰大教堂”
  • Chinese: “奧米亞大清真寺”
  • Chinese: “烏邁耶大清真寺”
  • Croatian: “Omejidska džamija”
  • Czech: “Umajjovská mešita”
  • Czech: “Velká mešita”
  • Czech: “Velká umajjovská mešita”
  • Danish: “Umayyade-moskéen”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Camiya Emewiya”
  • Dutch: “Grote moskee van Damascus”
  • Dutch: “Omajjadenmoskee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع بنى اميه الكبير”
  • Esperanto: “Moskeo de la Omajadoj”
  • Finnish: “Umaijadi-moskeija”
  • Finnish: “Umaijadimoskeija”
  • French: “Grande mosquee des Omeyyades”
  • French: “Grande mosquée des Omeyyades”
  • French: “Grande Mosquée des Omeyyades”
  • French: “Mosquée de Damas”
  • French: “Mosquée des Omeyyades”
  • French: “Mosquée Omeyyade”
  • Georgian: “ომაიადის მეჩეთი”
  • Georgian: “ომაიანთა მეჩეთი”
  • German: “Jami al-Umawi”
  • German: “Jami‘ al-Umawi al-Kabir”
  • German: “Omajjaden-Moschee”
  • German: “Omayadden-Moschee”
  • German: “Umajjadenmoschee”
  • German: “Umayyaden-Moschee”
  • German: “Umayyadenmoschee”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Archbasilica of Saint John”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Archbasilica of St. John”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Great Mosque of Damascus”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Shrine of John the Baptist”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Umayyad Mosque”
  • Greek: “Μέγα Τέμενος Ομεϋαδών”
  • Greek: “Μεγάλο Τζαμί των Ομεϋαδών”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Umayyad”
  • Hebrew: “המסגד האומיי”
  • Hebrew: “המסגד הגדול של דמשק”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד בני אומייה”
  • Hindi: “उमय्यद मस्जिद”
  • Hindi: “उमवी मस्जिद”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Agung Umayyah”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Umayyah Damaskus”
  • Italian: “Grande moschea degli Omayyadi”
  • Italian: “Moschea degli Omayyadi”
  • Italian: “Moschea Omayyade”
  • Japanese: “ウマイヤ・モスク”
  • Japanese: “ウマイヤド・モスク”
  • Japanese: “ダマスクスの大モスク”
  • Kashmiri: “مسجد اموی”
  • Kazakh: “Омейядтар мешіті”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti w’Umayyad”
  • Korean: “우마야드 모스크”
  • Korean: “우마이야 모스크”
  • Latin: “Meschita Omayadarum”
  • Latvian: “Omeijādu mošeja”
  • Lithuanian: “Omajedų mečetė”
  • Lithuanian: “Omeijadų mečetė”
  • Lithuanian: “Omejadų mečetė”
  • Lithuanian: “Umejadų mečetė”
  • Macedonian: “Омајадска џамија”
  • Malay: “Masjid Agung Damsyik”
  • Malay: “Masjid Umayyad”
  • Malay: “Masjid Umayyah”
  • Malay: “Masjid Ummaiyyah”
  • Malay: “Masjid Ummayyah”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “الجامع الأموي ف دمشق”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “الجامع لأموي لكبير”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Umayyademoskeen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den store moskeen i Damaskus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den store moskéen i Damaskus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Omajademoskeen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Omajjademoskeen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Omayyademoskeen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Omayyademoskéen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Umayyademoskeen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Umayyademoskéen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Umayyadmoskeen”
  • Norwegian: “Omajademoskeen i Damaskus”
  • Panjabi: “ਉਮਈਆ ਮਸਜਿਦ”
  • Persian: “مسجد اموی دمشق”
  • Persian: “مسجد اموی”
  • Persian: “مسجد جامع اموی دمشق”
  • Polish: “Meczet Umajjadów”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Mesquita de Damasco”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Damasco”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Umayyad”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita dos Omíadas”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita Omíada de Damasco”
  • Romanian: “Marea Moschee din Damasc”
  • Russian: “Масджид аль Умавий”
  • Russian: “Мечеть двух голов”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Омеййадов”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Омейядов”
  • Serbian: “Велика џамија у Дамаску”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Emevijska džamija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Omejadska džamija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Omejidska džamija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Velika džamija u Damasku”
  • Sindhi: “اموي جامع مسجد”
  • Slovenian: “mošeja Omajadov”
  • Slovenian: “Mošeja Omajadov”
  • Slovenian: “mošeja Umajadov”
  • Slovenian: “omajadska mošeja”
  • Slovenian: “umajadska mošeja”
  • Slovenian: “velika damaščanska mošeja”
  • Slovenian: “velika mošeja v Damasku”
  • Spanish: “Gran Mezquita de Damasco”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de los Omeyas”
  • Swahili: “Msikiti wa Umawiya”
  • Swedish: “Umayyadmoskén”
  • Tamil: “உமய்யா மசூதி”
  • Tatar: “Өмейяд мәчете”
  • Telugu: “ఉమయ్యద్ మసీదు”
  • Thai: “มัสยิดอุมัยยะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “Emevi Cami”
  • Turkish: “Emevi Camii”
  • Turkish: “Emevî Camii”
  • Turkish: “Emevîye Camisi”
  • Turkish: “Emeviyye Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика Мечеть”
  • Urdu: “مسجد اموی”
  • Urdu: “مسجد امیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Umaviylar masjidi”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Hồi giáo Umayyad”
  • Vietnamese: “Thánh đường Umayyad”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Moske Umayyad”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Umayyad Mosque”
  • Welsh: “Mosg yr Ummaiaid”
  • Western Panjabi: “امیہ مسجد”
  • Western Panjabi: “امیہ مسیت”
  • Wu Chinese: “倭马亚大清真寺”
  • Yue Chinese: “烏邁耶大清真寺”

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