Middle East
Syria
Aleppo Governorate

Great Mosque of Aleppo

The Great Mosque of Aleppo, also known as the Great Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo, was the largest and one of the oldest in the city of , Syria, first built during the Umayyad Caliphate.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Syria
  • Also known as: “Al Jāmi‘ al Kabīr”, “Al Jami` al Kabir”, and “Great Mosque”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aleppo Old City and Al-Bahramiyya Mosque.

Archaeological site
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The Ancient City of Aleppo is the historic city centre of , Syria. Prior to the Syrian Civil War, many districts of the ancient city remained essentially unchanged since they were initially constructed between the 11th and 16th centuries. is situated 610 metres east of Great Mosque of Aleppo.

Mosque
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The Behramiyah Mosque is a in , . Completed during the Ottoman period, the mosque is located in al-Jalloum district to the west of the , between and Khan al-Jumrok, within the historic walls of the Ancient City of Aleppo, a World Heritage Site. is situated 230 metres southwest of Great Mosque of Aleppo.

Mosque
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The , or Dukaginzâde Mehmed Pasha Mosque, was a former külliye, now in partial ruins, in , . Located to the southwest of the , in "Al-Jalloum" district of the Ancient City of Aleppo, a World Heritage Site, a few metres away from Al-Saffahiyah mosque, the former mosque was endowed by the Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha in 1556. is situated 230 metres south of Great Mosque of Aleppo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aleppo and Al Jdeida.

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is the largest city in , with a population of 2.1 million in 2021. One of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world, it has a wealth of historical sites, and its old city is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Neighborhood
Al-Jdayde is a historic predominantly Christian neighbourhood of . Noted for its winding narrow alleys, richly decorated mansions and churches—it is an area of significant cultural and historical interest.

Town
is a village in northern , administratively part of the , in the northwestern suburbs of . Nearby localities include nahiya center Huraytan to the north, to the northwest and Maarat al-Atiq and Babis to the west. is situated 9 km northwest of Great Mosque of Aleppo.

Great Mosque of Aleppo

Latitude
36.19935° or 36° 11′ 58″ north
Longitude
37.1568° or 37° 9′ 25″ east
Elevation
387 metres (1,270 feet)
Open location code
8G8V55X4+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10060366607
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Geo­Names ID
7745901
Wiki­data ID
Q1481968
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Western Panjabi—“Great Mosque of Aleppo” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Meuseujid Raya Halab”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia e Madhe e Halepit”
  • Arabic: “الجامع الأموي الكبير بحلب”
  • Arabic: “الجامع الأموي في حلب”
  • Arabic: “الجامع الكبير”
  • Arabic: “المسجد الأموي الكبير(حلب)”
  • Arabic: “المسجد الأموي الكبير”
  • Arabic: “جامع حلب الكبير”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük Hələb məscidi”
  • Bashkir: “Алеппо Бөйөк мәсете”
  • Basque: “Alepoko Meskita Nagusia”
  • Bengali: “আলেপ্পোর বড় মসজিদ”
  • Catalan: “Gran Mesquita d’Alep”
  • Central Kurdish: “مزگەوتی گەورەی حەلەب”
  • Chinese: “阿勒坡大清真寺”
  • Chinese: “阿勒頗倭馬亞清真寺”
  • Chinese: “阿勒頗大清真寺”
  • Czech: “Umajjovská mešita”
  • Czech: “Velká mešita v Aleppu”
  • Dutch: “grote moskee van Aleppo”
  • Dutch: “Grote moskee van Aleppo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع حلب الكبير”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Moskeo de Alepo”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Moskeo de Halepo”
  • Finnish: “Aleppon suurmoskeija”
  • French: “Grande Mosquée d’Alep”
  • French: “La Grande Mosquée Omeyyade”
  • German: “Große Umayyaden-Moschee”
  • German: “Umayyaden-Moschee”
  • Hebrew: “המסגד הגדול של חלב”
  • Hindi: “अलेप्पो की महान मस्जिद”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Agung Aleppo”
  • Italian: “Grande Moschea d’Aleppo”
  • Italian: “Grande Moschea di Aleppo”
  • Italian: “moschea degli Omayyadi di Aleppo”
  • Italian: “Moschea degli Omayyadi di Aleppo”
  • Japanese: “アレッポの大モスク”
  • Javanese: “Masjid Agung Aleppo”
  • Javanese: “Mesjid Agung Aleppo”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti mukuru muri Alepo”
  • Korean: “알레포 대 모스크”
  • Macedonian: “Голема џамија во Алеп”
  • Macedonian: “Голема џамија во Алепо”
  • Malay: “Masjid Agung Aleppo”
  • Malay: “Masjid Umayyah Aleppo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Omajademoskeen i Aleppo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den store moskeen i Aleppo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Omajademoskeen i Aleppo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Umajademoskeen i Aleppo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Umajjademoskeen i Aleppo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Umayyad-moskeen i Aleppo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Umayyademoskeen i Aleppo”
  • Norwegian: “Omajademoskeen i Aleppo”
  • Persian: “مسجد جامع حلب”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Mesquita de Alepo”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Alepo”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Aleppo”
  • Romanian: “Marea Moschee din Alep”
  • Russian: “Великая мечеть Алеппо”
  • South Azerbaijani: “حلب بؤیوک جامع مسجیدی”
  • Spanish: “Gran Mezquita de Alepo”
  • Spanish: “Gran Mezquita de Aleppo”
  • Tamil: “அலெப்போ பெரிய பள்ளிவாசல்”
  • Tatar: “Хәлеб Бөек мәчете”
  • Thai: “มัสยิดใหญ่แห่งอะเลปโป”
  • Turkish: “Halep Ulu Cami”
  • Turkish: “Halep Ulu Camii”
  • Turkish: “Halep Ulucamii”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика мечеть Алеппо”
  • Urdu: “جامع مسجد حلب”
  • Uzbek: “Halab Katta masjidi”
  • Western Mari: “Халеб кого мечеть”
  • Western Panjabi: “امیہ مسیت حلب”
  • Western Panjabi: “جامع مسجد حلب”

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