مسجد الصحابي ضرار بن الأزور

مسجد الصحابي ضرار بن الأزور is a mosque in Damascus Governorate, Syria. مسجد الصحابي ضرار بن الأزور is situated near the university معهد الشام العالي ، فرع مجمع الفتح الإسلامي, as well as near the church Afram The Syriac Social Development Organisation.

Type: Mosque
Denomination: Sunni
Also known as: “مسجد المهد”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Bab ash-Sharqi and Saint Anania’s House.

Bab ash-Sharqi

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 city gates of Damascus, Syria. Its modern name comes from its location in the eastern side of the city. Bab ash-Sharqi is situated 160 metres southwest of مسجد الصحابي ضرار بن الأزور.

Saint Anania’s House

Church

Photo: Patrickneil, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The House of Saint Ananias is an ancient underground structure in Damascus, Syria, that is said to be the remains of the home of Ananias of Damascus, where Ananias baptized Saul. The building is at the end of the Street Called Straight near the Bab Sharqi. Saint Anania’s House is situated 150 metres northwest of مسجد الصحابي ضرار بن الأزور.

Umayyad Mosque

Mosque

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Umayyad Mosque is situated 1¼ km west of مسجد الصحابي ضرار بن الأزور.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Damascus and Sarouja.

Damascus

Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. A city of immense historical importance, Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.

Sarouja

Town

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

Sarouja is a municipality of Damascus, Syria, due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.

Jobar

Village

Jobar also Jawbar, Jober or Joubar, is a village on the outskirts of Damascus northeast of the old city walls. It contains the most venerated site for Syrian Jews, the 2,000-year-old Jobar Synagogue, named for the biblical prophet Elijah, and has been a place of Jewish pilgrimage for many centuries.

مسجد الصحابي ضرار بن الأزور

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

33.51062° or 33° 30′ 38″ north

Longitude

36.3188° or 36° 19′ 8″ east

Open location code

8G5RG869+6G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 316214082

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=sunni

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: معهد الشام العالي ، فرع مجمع الفتح الإسلامي and Afram The Syriac Social Development Organisation.

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