The south side of the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, one of the oldest mosques in the world. Between 708 and 715, a Christian basilica, which in turn stood on the site of a Roman place of worship, was converted into a mosque.
(March 1980)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Moscheen, #mosques, #Ummayyaden_Moschee, #Architektur, #architecture, #Damascus, #Syrien, #Syria
(March 1980)
(Foto scanned from slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Moscheen, #mosques, #Ummayyaden_Moschee, #Architektur, #architecture, #Damascus, #Syrien, #Syria
