Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, a great architectural masterpiece

 Umayyad Mosque in Damascus from the beginning of its construction:
Where he was a temple of the god of thunder
(Where the Romans set up the Temple of God). The Hareem market area is still in the area of ​​Qaimriya. After the conversion of Rome to Christianity, the temple of John the Baptist was established in the northern region.
After entering Damascus, the Muslims divided the church into two sections: the Western section of the Christians and the eastern section of the Muslims until the Umayyad Caliphate took over bin Abdul Malik in 86 AH and 705 AD. He ordered the building of the best mosque with its splendor and Islamic inscriptions.
The area of ​​the mosque is about 157 × 97 meters, the area of ​​the mosque is 136 × 37 meters, and the courtyard area is 22.5 x 60 meters.
The site of the Umayyad Mosque is located in the old city of Damascus. Inside the Haram is a courtyard surrounded by columns and stately arches
(15 meters)
The mosque complex consists of 24 similar and parallel vaults of the tribal wall, with a wing that passes through the main front door and up to the mihrab. The wing covers a sigmoid roof with an eagle dome in the shape of a semicircular dome made of laminated wood.
The Umayyad Mosque has four mihrabs dedicated to the four sects. The original mihrab is located in the middle of the tribal wall. The mausoleum of the large mausoleum is next to it, and its wall is decorated with marble mosaics, a verse of creativity and craftsmanship.
There is the tomb of the Prophet peace be upon him and the great mihrab,.
The Umayyad Mosque is considered one of the most important religious and tourist places in Syria, and the visitor wishes to stay there to reflect on its beauty and grandeur. No one can go to Damascus or visit him to pray for him.
It has the first minaret in Islam and is called the minaret of the bride. Currently it has three minarets and a large dome (the eagle dome)
It has the tomb of the hero Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, alongside the shrines of the famous Islamic history, and decorated with large numbers of vultures, sultans, successors and kings of Muslims.
The Umayyad Mosque is the first mosque to be visited by the popes of Rome. Pope John Paul II visited Damascus in 2001.