Bāb al Firādīs

Bāb al Firādīs is a gate in , . Bāb al Firādīs is situated nearby to the city gate , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Umayyad Mosque and Bab al-Faradis.

Mosque
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The , 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. is situated 250 metres south of Bāb al Firādīs.

City gate
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Bab al-Amara is one of the seven ancient city-gates of , . 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.

Castle
Photo: krebsmaus07, CC BY 2.0.
Al-Azm Palace is a palace in , , 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. is situated 410 metres south of Bāb al Firādīs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Damascus and Sarouja.

Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of . A city of immense historical importance, was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.

Town
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is a municipality of , , due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.

Quarter
is a neighborhood and district of the al-Salihiyah municipality of , . It had a population of 12,798 in the 2004 census. In the 1936 French Mandate census, had a population of 9,600, all Muslims.

Bāb al Firādīs

Latitude
33.51385° or 33° 30′ 50″ north
Longitude
36.30679° or 36° 18′ 24″ east
Elevation
687 metres (2,254 feet)
Open location code
8G5RG874+GP
Geo­Names ID
7642407
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In Other Languages

“Bāb al Firādīs” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باب العمارة”
  • Arabic: “باب الفراديس”

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