Bab Touma Square

Bab Touma Square is a square in , . Bab Touma Square is situated nearby to the police station , as well as near the park .

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
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 Bab Touma Square.

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 520 metres southeast of Bab Touma Square.

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
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Bab Touma Square

Latitude
33.51355° or 33° 30′ 49″ north
Longitude
36.31521° or 36° 18′ 55″ east
Open location code
8G5RG878+C3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1000620510
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Wiki­data ID
Q28929874
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Bab Touma Square” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساحة باب توما”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include مخفر باب توما and حديقة خولة بنت الأزور.

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