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| Location | Damascus, Syria map | |||||||
| Date | 706 to 715 timeline | |||||||
| Building Type | temple - mosque | |||||||
| Construction System | bearing masonry | |||||||
| Climate | hot, dry, desert | |||||||
| Context | urban | |||||||
| Style | Islamic | |||||||
| Notes | Arcaded main court | |||||||
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| Discussion | Great Mosque of Damascus Commentary
Part of the Ancient City of Damascus UNESCO World Heritage Site: "Founded in the 3rd millenium B.C. it is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages Damascus was the centre of a flourishing artisan industry (swords and laces). Amongst the 125 monuments from the different periods of its history, the 8th-century Great Mosque of the Umajjades is one of the most spectacular, built on the site of an Assyrian sanctuary. " — UNESCO | |||||||
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Sources on Great Mosque of Damascus
Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. London: The Butterworth Group, 1987. ISBN 0-408-01587-X. LC 86-31761. NA200.F63 1987. discussion, p416. interior, exterior photos, p417. — The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com Henri Stierlin. Comprendre L'Architecture Universelle. Paris: Office du Livre S.A. Fribourg (suisse), 1977. plan drawing, p344. Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman. Architecture, from Prehistory to Post-Modernism. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986. p2176. Plan, exterior photo. — Available at Amazon.com Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com
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