Middle East
Syria
Damascus Governorate

الأمويين

الأمويين is a ruins in , . الأمويين is situated nearby to the city gate , as well as near .
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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 220 metres south of الأمويين.

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 380 metres south of الأمويين.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Damascus and Abu Jarash.

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.

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.

Town
Arbin is a town in southern , administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the , located just east of neighborhood of . is situated 6 km northeast of الأمويين.

الأمويين

Latitude
33.51357° or 33° 30′ 49″ north
Longitude
36.30687° or 36° 18′ 25″ east
Open location code
8G5RG874+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12420762429
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
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