Middle East
Syria
Hama Governorate

Great Mosque

The Great Mosque of Hama, is a in , . It is located approximately 400 metres west of the citadel. Built in the 8th century CE, it was largely destroyed in the 1982 Hama massacre and subsequently rebuilt.
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Photo: K. A. C. Creswell, Public domain.
  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Hama, Syria
  • Also known as: “Great Mosque of Hama” and “Humus Ulu Camii”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hama Castle and Nur al-Din Mosque.

Castle
Photo: TheRealHuldra, Public domain.
is a mostly-ruined fortress located in , , Located on the . is situated 420 metres northeast of Great Mosque.

Mosque
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The is a Zengid-era in , . It was founded by Nur al-Din in 1163-64 CE. It also contained a historic minbar from the same date, which has subsequently been relocated to the local Hama Museum. is situated 670 metres east of Great Mosque.

Museum
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The is an 18th-century Ottoman-era palace in , at the center of the city on the banks of the , about 400 meters south of the Hama Citadel. is situated 740 metres east of Great Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hama and Khitab.

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is a city in with a population around 400,000. The city is a relatively conservative one dominated by hijabs and burkas. Much of the old city was destroyed in the massacre in 1982.

Town
Photo: Ayham.Alkasim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Khattab is a town in northwestern , administratively part of the , northwest of located near the . Nearby localities include to the east, Shihat Hama to the southeast, Kafr al-Tun to the southwest, al-Majdal to the west, Mhardeh and to the northwest and to the northeast. is situated 10 km northwest of Great Mosque.

Great Mosque

Latitude
35.13444° or 35° 8′ 4″ north
Longitude
36.74525° or 36° 44′ 43″ east
Open location code
8G7R4PMW+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 370443516
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q12185310
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Uzbek—“Great Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Xhamia e Madhe e Hamas”
  • Arabic: “الجامع الأعلى الكبير”
  • Arabic: “الجامع الأموي”
  • Arabic: “الجامع الكبير (حماة)”
  • Bengali: “হামার বড় মসজিদ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجامع الاموى”
  • Hindi: “हमा की महान मस्जिद”
  • Japanese: “ハマーの大モスク”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den store moské i Hama”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den store moskeen i Hama”
  • Norwegian: “Den store moské i Hama”
  • Turkish: “Humus Ulu Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика мечеть Хами”
  • Urdu: “جامع اعلی الکبیر (حماہ)”
  • Urdu: “جامع اعلی الکبیر”
  • Uzbek: “Hamo jome masjidi”
  • Uzbek: “Hamo katta masjidi”
  • Uzbek: “Jome masjidi”
  • Uzbek: “Katta masjid”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Great Mosque”. Photo: K. A. C. Creswell, Public domain.