Places

Search sacred sites, historic landmarks, schools, bookstores, and resting places across Syria.

5 places

• al-Khanqah Mosque

  مسجد الخانقاه

  Sufi Lodge · Hama

  Former Sufi khanqah of Hama converted into a mosque, its lodge rooms surrounding the old courtyard.

• al-Sulaymaniyya Takiyya

  التكية السليمانية

  Sufi Lodge · Baramkeh & al-Halbouni

  The Sulaymaniyya Takiyya (1554–59), Sinan's masterpiece on the Barada: a domed mosque, soup kitchen, and dervish lodge built for Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent on the site of the Mamluk Qasr al-Ablaq.

• al-Umari Zawiya

  زاوية العمري

  Sufi Lodge · Old Damascus

  Sufi zawiya attached to the Umariyya complex in al-Salihiyya, hosting dhikr gatherings and lessons.

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  Khanqah al-Farafira

  خانقاه الفرافرة

  Sufi Lodge · Aleppo

  Ayyubid Sufi lodge of 1237 in Aleppo's Farafira quarter — the best-preserved khanqah in Syria, with cells, mosque, and courtyard fountain intact.

• Mawlawi Takiyya

  التكية المولوية

  Sufi Lodge · Baramkeh & al-Halbouni

  Lodge of the Mevlevi whirling dervishes in Damascus, active from the 16th century until the order's dissolution.