Sāḩat Bāb Tūmā

Sāḩat Bāb Tūmā is a square in , . Sāḩat Bāb Tūmā is situated nearby to the city gate , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bab Touma and Umayyad Mosque.

City gate
Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bab Tuma is a neighborhood located in the old city of Damascus in . It is one of the seven gates of , a geographic landmark of Christianity.

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 1 km west of Sāḩat Bāb Tūmā.

City gate
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab Sharqi, also known as the Gate of the Sun, is one of the seven ancient of , . Its modern name comes from its location in the eastern side of the city. is situated 540 metres southeast of Sāḩat Bāb Tūmā.

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.

Village
also Jawbar, Jober or Joubar, is a village on the outskirts of northeast of the old city walls. It contains the most venerated site for Syrian Jews, the 2,000-year-old Synagogue, named for the biblical prophet Elijah, and has been a place of Jewish pilgrimage for many centuries.

Sāḩat Bāb Tūmā

Latitude
33.51381° or 33° 30′ 50″ north
Longitude
36.31545° or 36° 18′ 56″ east
Elevation
680 metres (2,231 feet)
Open location code
8G5RG878+G5
Geo­Names ID
7642536
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In Other Languages

“Sāḩat Bāb Tūmā” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساحة باب توما”

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