Great Mosque of Aleppo

The Great Mosque of Aleppo ( Arabic : جامع حلب الكبير Jāmi‘ Halab al-Kabīr ) or the Ummayad Mosque of Aleppo ( Masjid al-Umayya bi Halab ) is the largest and oldest mosque in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria . The present mosque dates form the 13th century Mamluk period, only the Seljuk minaret of 1090 is older. It is located in its Old City. The mosque is said to entomb the remains of Zechariah , father of John the Baptist .

The Great Mosque of Aleppo ( Jāmi‘ Halab al-Kabīr ) or the Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo ( جامع بني أمية بحلب Jāmi‘ Bani Umayah Bi-Halab ) is the largest and one of the oldest mosques in the city of Aleppo , Syria . It is located in al-Jalloum district of the Ancient City of Aleppo , a World Heritage Site , near the entrance to al-Madina Souq . The mosque is purportedly home to the remains of Zechariah , the father of John the Baptist . It was built in the beginning of the 8th century. However, the current building dates back to the 11th through 14th centuries. The minaret was built in 1090, and was destroyed during fighting in the Syrian civil war in April 2013. The Great Mosque (The Umayyad Mosque) Syria Gate. ed. "Syria clashes destroy ancient Aleppo minaret" . bbc.co.uk.

The Great Mosque of Aleppo ( , Jāmi‘ Ḥalab al-Kabīr ) or the Banu Umayya Mosque of Aleppo ( , Jāmi‘ Banī Umayyah Bi-Ḥalab ) is the largest and one of the oldest mosques in the city of Aleppo , Syria . It is located in al-Jalloum district of the Ancient City of Aleppo , a World Heritage Site , near the entrance to Al-Madina Souq . The mosque is purportedly home to the remains of Zechariah , the father of John the Baptist , both of whom are revered in Islam and Christianity . It was built in the beginning of the 8th century CE . However, the current building dates back to the 11th through 14th centuries. The minaret was built in 1090, and was destroyed during fighting in the Syrian civil war in April 2013. It is made of flat niches – as opposed to concave muqarnas cells – and entirely decorated with tiny arabesques. The style of this minaret's decoration reveals the continuity of Syrian pre-Islamic and Roman architectural heritage. Museum with No Frontiers . 2004–2018 . Historical Dictionary of Architecture (2 ed.). Gospel of Luke , Luke 1:5–79 ed. "Syria clashes destroy ancient Aleppo minaret" . bbc.co.uk. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

Mosque in Aleppo, Syria The Great Mosque of Aleppo ( , Jāmi‘ Ḥalab al-Kabīr ) is the largest and one of the oldest mosques in the city of Aleppo , Syria . It is located in al-Jalloum district of the Ancient City of Aleppo , a World Heritage Site , near the entrance to Al-Madina Souq . The mosque is purportedly home to the remains of Zechariah , the father of John the Baptist , both of whom are revered in Islam and Christianity . It was built in the beginning of the 8th century CE . However, the current building dates back to the 11th through 14th centuries. The minaret in the mosque was built in 1090, and was destroyed during fighting in the Syrian Civil War in April 2013. It is made of flat niches – as opposed to concave muqarnas cells – and entirely decorated with tiny arabesques. The style of this minaret's decoration reveals the continuity of Syrian pre-Islamic and Roman architectural heritage. Museum with No Frontiers . 2004–2018 . Historical Dictionary of Architecture (2 ed.). Gospel of Luke , Luke 1:5–79 ed. "Syria clashes destroy ancient Aleppo minaret" . bbc.co.uk. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).