Middle East
Syria
Damascus Governorate

Holy Cross

Holy Cross is a church in , . Holy Cross is situated nearby to the church , as well as near .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bab Touma and Umayyad Mosque.

City gate
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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. is situated 500 metres southwest of Holy Cross.

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 1¼ km southwest of Holy Cross.

Stadium
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The Abbasiyyin Stadium is a multi-use all-seater stadium in , , that is currently out of use. It mostly hosted football matches and served as the home venue of the Syrian national team in the past. is situated 640 metres north of Holy Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Damascus and Jobar.

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.

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.

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.

Holy Cross

Latitude
33.51723° or 33° 31′ 2″ north
Longitude
36.3185° or 36° 19′ 7″ east
Open location code
8G5RG889+VC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 106521199
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q64390981
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Serbian—“Holy Cross” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة الصليب المقدس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة الصليب المقدس (دمشق)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة الصليب المقدس”
  • French: “Église de la Sainte-Croix de Damas”
  • French: “église de la Sainte-Croix”
  • French: “Sainte Croix”
  • Italian: “chiesa della Santa Croce”
  • Italian: “Chiesa della Santa Croce”
  • Polish: “Kościół Świętego Krzyża w Damaszku”
  • Romanian: “Biserica „Sfânta Cruce” din Damasc”
  • Serbian: “Храм Часног Крста у Дамаску”

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