Sulaymaniya Takiya

The Sulaymaniyya Takiyya is a takiyya, located in , , on the right bank of the Barada River. Commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, the western building of the complex was built, following the plans of Mimar Sinan, between 1554 and 1559.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: takiyya in Damascus, Syria
  • Also known as: “Sulaymaniyya Takiyya”, “Süleymaniye Külliyesi”, and “Takiyya al-Sulaymaniyya”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum in Damascus and Hejaz Railway Station.

Museum
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The National Museum of Damascus is a museum in the heart of , . As the country's national museum as well as its largest, this museum covers the entire range of Syrian history over a span of over 11 millennia. is situated 130 metres west of Sulaymaniya Takiya.

Railway station
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is a former main railway station in central , Syria, close to the . It was built as part of the Hejaz railway project. is situated 350 metres east of Sulaymaniya Takiya.

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 1½ km east of Sulaymaniya Takiya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sarouja and Damascus.

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.

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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
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.

Sulaymaniya Takiya

Latitude
33.51236° or 33° 30′ 45″ north
Longitude
36.29138° or 36° 17′ 29″ east
Open location code
8G5RG76R+WH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1094781900
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q715273
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Sulaymaniya Takiya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “التكية السليمانية”
  • Arabic: “تكيه سليمانيه”
  • Azerbaijani: “Süleymaniyyə təkyəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Шам Сөләймәниә мәсете”
  • Belarusian: “Сулейманія”
  • Bengali: “সুলায়মানি মসজিদ”
  • Catalan: “Takiyya Sulaymaniyya”
  • Chinese: “提基亚清真寺”
  • Dutch: “Sulaymaniyya Takiyya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “التكيه السليمانيه (دمشق)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “التكيه السليمانيه”
  • Esperanto: “Moskeo Takija”
  • Esperanto: “Tekkija Moskeo”
  • French: “takiyya Sulaymaniyya”
  • French: “Takiyya Sulaymaniyya”
  • Fulah: “Sulaymaniyya Takiyya”
  • German: “Takiyya al-Sulaymaniyya”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Sulaymaniyya”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Takiyya Sulaymaniyya”
  • Hindi: “सुल्तान सुलेमान मस्जिद (दमिश्क)”
  • Hindi: “सुल्तान सुलेमान मस्जिद”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Solimano”
  • Japanese: “テキーイェ・モスク”
  • Japanese: “テッキーヤ・スレイマニエ・ジャーミイ”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Sulaymaniyya”
  • Malay: “Takiyya al-Sulaymaniyya”
  • Persian: “تکیه سلیمانیه (دمشق)”
  • Persian: “تکیه سلیمانیه”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سلیمانیه تکیه‌سی”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita Tekkiye”
  • Swedish: “Sulaymaniyya-Takiyya”
  • Tajik: “Такяи Сулаймония”
  • Turkish: “Süleymaniye Camii”
  • Turkish: “Süleymaniye Külliyesi”
  • Urdu: “تکیہ سلیمانیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Sulaymoniya takyasi”
  • Western Mari: “Сӱлеймание мечеть”
  • Western Panjabi: “تکیہ سلیمانیہ”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tekkiye Mosque and Military Museum.

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