Al-Qassaa
Al-Qassaa is a neighborhood and district of the Sarouja municipality in Damascus, Syria. Qassaa is situated in the northeastern part of the city and borders the Old City neighborhood of Bab Tuma.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: neighborhood in Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria
- Also known as: “Al Qaşşā‘”, “Al Qassa`”, “Al Qusa‘”, and “Qassa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Cross and Umayyad Mosque.
Umayyad Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Bab Touma
City gate
Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bab Tuma is a neighborhood located in the old city of Damascus in Syria. It is one of the seven gates of Damascus, a geographic landmark of Christianity.
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
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.
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.
Al-Qassaa
- Category: neighborhood
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Al-Qassaa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القصاع”
- Arabic: “قصاع”
- Dutch: “Al-Qassaa”
- Persian: “القصاع”
- Vietnamese: “Al-Qassaa”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bāb as Salām and Masjid al Aqşāb.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mustashfá al Faransāwī and Sāḩat Jūrj Khūrī.
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