Tomb of Saladin

The Mausoleum of Saladin holds the resting place and grave of the medieval Muslim Ayyubid Sultan Saladin. It is adjacent to the in , .
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  • Type: Tomb
  • Description: resting place and grave of the medieval Muslim Ayyubid Sultan Saladin
  • Also known as: “Mausoleum of Saladin”, “The shrine of Saladin”, and “The Tomb of the Conqueror Salah Aldin Al-Ayoubi”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Umayyad Mosque and A’zm Palace.

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.

Castle
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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 230 metres southeast of Tomb of Saladin.

Ruins
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The Temple of Jupiter in was built by the Romans, beginning during the rule of Augustus in the first century AD and with further works occurring at various times up until the rule of Constantius II.

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.

Town
is a neighbourhood and municipality in , , south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456.

Tomb of Saladin

Latitude
33.51211° or 33° 30′ 44″ north
Longitude
36.30595° or 36° 18′ 21″ east
Open location code
8G5RG864+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12420762430
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Wiki­data ID
Q257153
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tomb of Saladin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ضريح صلاح الدين الأيوبي”
  • Arabic: “ضريح صلاح الدين الايوبي”
  • Arabic: “مقام السلطان الناصر صلاح الدين الأيوبي”
  • Basque: “Saladinen hilobia”
  • Bengali: “সালাহউদ্দিনের মাজার”
  • Bengali: “সালাহুদ্দিনের মাজার”
  • Catalan: “tomba de Saladí”
  • Catalan: “Tomba de Saladí”
  • Dutch: “Mausoleum of Saladin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ضريح صلاح الدين”
  • Finnish: “Saladinin mausoleumi”
  • Georgian: “სალადინის მავზოლეუმი”
  • German: “Grab des Saladin”
  • German: “Mausoleum Saladins”
  • Hebrew: “מאוזוליאום סלאח א-דין”
  • Hebrew: “מאוזוליאום צלאח א-דין”
  • Hindi: “सलादिन की समाधी”
  • Hindi: “सुल्तान सलाउद्दीन का मकबरा”
  • Italian: “Mausoleo del Saladino”
  • Italian: “Mausoleo di Saladino”
  • Japanese: “サラーフッディーン廟”
  • Kannada: “ಸಲಾದಿನ್ ನ ಸಮಾಧಿ”
  • Kurdish: “Aramgeha Selahedînê Eyûbî”
  • Malayalam: “അയ്യൂബി ദർഗ്ഗ”
  • Persian: “مقبره صلاح‌الدین”
  • Portuguese: “Mausoléu de Saladino”
  • Spanish: “Tumba de Saladino”
  • Thai: “สุสานเศาะลาฮุดดีน”
  • Turkish: “Selahaddin Eyyubi Türbesi”
  • Urdu: “مقبرہ صلاح الدین ایوبی”
  • Uzbek: “Salohuddin maqbarasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Lăng mộ Saladin”

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