National Museum in Damascus

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.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Damascus, Syria
  • Also known as: “National Museum of Damascus”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sulaymaniya Takiya and Umayyad Mosque.

Monument
Photo: Khaled ajlani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. is situated 130 metres east of National Museum in Damascus.

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 National Museum in Damascus.

Railway station
Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former main railway station in central , Syria, close to the . It was built as part of the Hejaz railway project. is situated 480 metres east of National Museum in Damascus.

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.

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
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.

National Museum in Damascus

Latitude
33.51255° or 33° 30′ 45″ north
Longitude
36.29003° or 36° 17′ 24″ east
Open location code
8G5RG77R+22
Open­Street­Map ID
way 986470197
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q617254
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“National Museum in Damascus” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف الوطني بدمشق”
  • Arabic: “المتحف الوطني”
  • Arabic: “متحف دمشق الوطني”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dəməşq Milli Muzeyi”
  • Catalan: “museu Nacional de Damasc”
  • Catalan: “Museu Nacional de Damasc”
  • Chinese: “大马士革国家博物馆”
  • Croatian: “Nacionalni muzej u Damasku”
  • Czech: “Národní muzeum v Damašku”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal Museum van Damascus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف الوطنى بدمشق”
  • French: “musée national de Damas”
  • French: “Musée national de Damas”
  • Georgian: “დამასკოს ეროვნული მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Nationalmuseum Damaskus”
  • Greek: “Εθνικό Μουσείο της Δαμασκού”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון הלאומי של דמשק”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Nasional Damaskus”
  • Italian: “Museo nazionale di Damasco”
  • Japanese: “ダマスカス国立博物館”
  • Japanese: “ダマスクス国立博物館”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nasjonalmuseet i Damaskus”
  • Norwegian: “Nasjonalmuseet i Damaskus”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی دمشق”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Narodowe w Damaszku”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de Damasco”
  • Portuguese: “National Museum of Damascus”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей Дамаска”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nacionalni muzej Damaska”
  • Slovenian: “Narodni muzej Damaska”
  • Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Damasco”
  • Spanish: “National Museum of Damascus”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей Дамаска”

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