Al-Tawba mosque

Al-Tawba Mosque or Tawba Mosque is a 13th century mosque in , Syria, built by the Ayyubid emir Al-Ashraf Musa ibn Adil in 1231–1235, located 200 meters northwest of the northern ancient city-gate of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Damascus, Syria
  • Also known as: “Al-Tawba Mosque”

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 450 metres southeast of Al-Tawba mosque.

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. is situated 270 metres southeast of Al-Tawba mosque.

Castle
Photo: Mewes, Public domain.
The is a large medieval fortified palace and citadel in , . It is part of the Ancient City of Damascus, which was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. is situated 420 metres southwest of Al-Tawba mosque.

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.

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.

Al-Tawba mosque

Latitude
33.51519° or 33° 30′ 55″ north
Longitude
36.30435° or 36° 18′ 16″ east
Open location code
8G5RG883+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1127507861
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q12204211
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Al-Tawba mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامع التوبة”
  • Arabic: “جامع التوبه”
  • Bengali: “তওবা মসজিদ”
  • Turkish: “Tevbe Camii”

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