Places
Search sacred sites, historic landmarks, schools, bookstores, and resting places across Syria.
130 places
Abd al-Hadi al-Bani Mosque
جامع عبد الهادي الباني
Mosque honouring the Damascene scholar Abd al-Hadi al-Bani, a 20th-century teacher of jurisprudence and Arabic.
Abd al-Karim al-Rifa'i Mosque
جامع عبد الكريم الرفاعي
Mosque of Abd al-Karim al-Rifa'i (1901–1973), reviver of the 'Jama'at Zayd' movement of popular religious education that spread through Damascus's mosques.
Abdullah Fa'iz al-Daghestani Mosque & Tomb
جامع وقبر عبد الله فائز الداغستاني
Mosque and tomb of Abdullah Fa'iz al-Daghestani (1891–1973), Dagestani-born Naqshbandi Sufi master who settled on Qasioun and taught seekers from across the world.
Abdullah Pasha al-Azm Mosque
جامع عبد الله باشا العظم
Ottoman mosque endowed by Abdullah Pasha al-Azm, of the dynasty of governors that ruled 18th-century Damascus.
Afaq Bookstore
مكتبة آفاق
General and religious bookshop ('Horizons') in central Damascus.
al-Adiliyya al-Kubra School
المدرسة العادلية الكبرى
The great Adiliyya Madrasa (completed 1223), burial place of Sultan al-Adil and later seat of the Arab Academy of Damascus.
al-Afram Mosque
جامع الأفرم
Mosque named for the Mamluk governor Aqqush al-Afram, who developed the quarter at the foot of Qasioun in the early 14th century.
al-Akram Mosque
جامع الأكرم
Modern mosque in the Mezzeh district, one of western Damascus's principal congregational mosques.
al-Amir Bookstore
مكتبة العامر
Bookshop dealing in classical Islamic texts and student editions.
al-Ansar Bookstore
مكتبة الأنصار
Religious bookshop named for the Helpers of Medina.
al-Bashir Mosque
جامع البشير
Neighbourhood mosque in the Rukn al-Din quarter, rebuilt in the 20th century and known for its Qur'an memorisation circles.
al-Dahdah Cemetery
مقبرة الدحداح
Cemetery north of the old city where many late scholars of Damascus lie, including shaykhs of the 20th century.
al-Durr al-Muhammadi Mosque
جامع الدر المحمدي
Modern mosque in Rukn al-Din whose name — 'the Muhammadan pearl' — honours the Prophet; a centre for mawlid gatherings.
al-Farisiyya Madrasa Mosque
جامع المدرسة الفارسية
Mamluk-era madrasa-mosque founded as a school of Shafi'i law, its prayer hall still in use by the surrounding quarter.
al-Firdaws Bookstore
مكتبة الفردوس
Religious bookstore on Damascus's publishing row.
al-Hajibiyya Mosque
جامع الحاجبية
Mamluk-era mosque and madrasa in al-Salihiyya, founded by a chamberlain (hajib) of the sultan's court.
al-Halbouni Street (Bookstore Row)
شارع الحلبوني (المكاتب)
A street of religious and academic publishing houses — Damascus's bookstore row.
Al-Hamidiyah Souq
Damascus's central souq runs six hundred metres from the citadel toward the Umayyad Mosque. Beneath its arched iron roof, stalls trade in textiles, sweets, and ice cream pressed with pistachio.
al-Hanabila Mosque
جامع الحنابلة
The Hanbali Mosque of al-Salihiyya (1202–13), oldest surviving mosque on the slopes of Qasioun, built by the Banu Qudama family of Palestinian Hanbali scholars.
al-Iman Mosque
جامع الإيمان
Modern congregational mosque in the Mazra'a district, one of central Damascus's busiest Friday mosques.
al-Jaqmaqiyya School
المدرسة الجقمقية
Mamluk madrasa of 1421 with a striking ablaq portal, now the Museum of Arabic Epigraphy.
al-Malik al-Zahir Bathhouse
حمام الملك الظاهر
Medieval hammam named for al-Malik al-Zahir, still keeping the domed hot rooms of the Ayyubid bath tradition.
al-Mawlawiyya Mosque
جامع المولوية
Mosque of the Mevlevi dervish complex in Suq Saruja, where the whirling order kept its Damascus lodge.
al-Murabit Mosque
جامع المرابط
Mosque of the Murabit quarter northwest of the old city, its name recalling the 'garrisoned' volunteers of the frontier.
al-Na'ura Mosque
مسجد الناعورة
Old-city mosque named for the waterwheel (na'ura) that once turned beside it on the Barada channel.
al-Nabulsi Mosque
جامع النابلسي
Mosque of the Nabulsi family in al-Salihiyya, associated with the household of the mystic Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi.
al-Nahhasiyya Khanqah Mosque
مسجد الخانقاه النحاسية
Former Sufi khanqah (lodge) endowed by the coppersmiths' guild, later converted to a congregational mosque.
al-Nuri Bimaristan
البيمارستان النوري
Teaching hospital founded by Nur al-Din al-Zanki in 1154, among the great medieval bimaristans.
al-Nuriyya al-Kubra School
المدرسة النورية الكبرى
Nur al-Din's great law college (1167) and his burial place — its honeycomb muqarnas dome over the street is a landmark of medieval Damascus.
al-Nuriyya Hadith Institute for Women
معهد النورية للحديث للإناث
Women's institute of hadith studies attached to the Nuriyya tradition, training female scholars and teachers.
al-Qaymari Bimaristan
البيمارستان القيمري
Ayyubid hospital founded by the emir Sayf al-Din al-Qaymari around 1248 in al-Salihiyya; it treated patients free of charge into the 20th century.
al-Rawda Mosque
جامع الروضة
Ottoman-era neighbourhood mosque serving the Rawda quarter, long a venue for evening lessons and Qur'an circles.
al-Risala Foundation
مؤسسة الرسالة
Damascene Islamic publishing house, among the most prolific printers of classical texts in the Arab world.
al-Rukniyya Mosque & Madrasa
جامع ومدرسة الركنية
Ayyubid madrasa in al-Salihiyya founded by the emir Rukn al-Din Mankuras (13th c.), combining a domed tomb chamber with teaching halls.
al-Sadat al-Mujahidin Mosque
جامع السادات المجاهدين
Old mosque near the citadel whose name honours the 'lords of the holy warriors', restored under the Mamluks.
al-Sadat Mosque
جامع السادات
Old-city mosque of the 'Sayyids' — descendants of the Prophet's household — long a gathering place for the city's ashraf families.
al-Sanjakdar Mosque
جامع السنجقدار
Mamluk mosque founded by the standard-bearer (sanjakdar) Arghun in the 14th century, just west of the old city walls.
al-Shamsiyya Mosque
جامع الشمسية
Madrasa-mosque in al-Salihiyya founded in the 13th century, named for its patron Shams al-Din.
al-Sharkasiyya Mosque & Madrasa
جامع ومدرسة الشركسية
Madrasa-mosque founded for Circassian mamluks in the Salihiyya quarter, later serving as a neighbourhood mosque.
al-Shumaysatiyya School
المدرسة الشميساطية
Medieval Sufi convent and school near the citadel, one of the earliest khanqahs of Damascus.
al-Sulaymaniyya Madrasa Mosque
جامع المدرسة السليمانية
Madrasa wing of the Sulaymaniyya complex on the Barada, designed by the great Ottoman architect Sinan for Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent (1554–59).
al-Sulaymaniyya Takiyya
التكية السليمانية
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-Taghaliba Cemetery
مقبرة التغالبة
Old cemetery of the Banu Taghlib quarter, one of the historic Arab tribal neighbourhoods of Damascus.
al-Tahdhib Institute of Islamic Education
معهد التهذيب والتعليم الشرعي
Private institute of Islamic education in Damascus offering structured study of Qur'an, law, and Arabic for young students.
al-Tawba Mosque
جامع التوبة
The 'Mosque of Repentance' in al-Uqayba, converted from a khan into a mosque by the Ayyubid ruler al-Malik al-Ashraf in 1234; famed for centuries of hadith teaching.
al-Umari Zawiya
زاوية العمري
Sufi zawiya attached to the Umariyya complex in al-Salihiyya, hosting dhikr gatherings and lessons.
al-Umariyya School
المدرسة العمرية
The Umariyya Madrasa, first school of al-Salihiyya, founded in the 12th century by the Banu Qudama refugees from Palestine; for centuries the Hanbali quarter's centre of learning.
al-Zahiriyya Library
المكتبة الظاهرية
The Zahiriyya — Baybars's tomb-madrasa turned national library (1880), whose manuscript hoard made it the memory of Damascus.
Azm Palace
Built for governor As'ad Pasha al-Azm, the palace is a masterwork of Damascene craft — banded stone, painted wood, and cool courtyards. It now houses the Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions.
Bab al-Saghir Cemetery
مقبرة الباب الصغير
Damascus's oldest cemetery, holding graves attributed to the Prophet's wives Umm Habiba and Umm Salama's kin, companions, and Bilal the muezzin.
Bab Touma
Named for Saint Thomas, the gate opens onto lanes of jasmine, courtyard houses, cafés, and churches — the liveliest corner of the old city after dark.
Badr Mosque
جامع بدر
Small historic mosque in the old city named for the Battle of Badr, restored several times under the Ottomans.
Bilad al-Sham University — Sayyida Ruqayya Complex
جامعة بلاد الشام مجمع السيدة رقية
Campus of Bilad al-Sham University for Shar'ia studies housed in the Sayyida Ruqayya complex, training imams and teachers.
Church of Saint Ananias
Five metres below street level near Bab Sharqi, this ancient cellar chapel is venerated as the house of Ananias, where Saul of Tarsus regained his sight and was baptised.
Citadel of Damascus
قلعة دمشق
The Citadel of Damascus, an Ayyubid fortress rebuilt by al-Adil (1203–16) at the old city's northwest corner — unusual among citadels for standing on flat ground.
Dar al-Bayan Bookstore
مكتبة دار البيان
Publisher-bookshop of Qur'anic exegesis and Arabic rhetoric titles.
Dar al-Bayruti
دار البيروتي
Family bookshop and publisher of the Bayruti house, a fixture of the Damascene book trade.
Dar al-Fajr Bookstore
مكتبة دار الفجر
'Dawn' bookstore, stocking Islamic studies and Arabic literature.
Dar al-Fayha & Dar al-Manhal
دار الفيحاء ودار المنهل
Twin publishing houses issuing Qur'anic sciences and Arabic grammar texts.
Dar al-Ghawthani
دار الغوثاني
Damascene publishing house specialising in Qur'anic sciences and the works of the city's reciters.
Dar al-Hadith al-Adiliyya
دار الحديث العادلية
Ayyubid hadith college of the Adiliyya complex, endowed under Sultan al-Adil, Saladin's brother.
Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyya
دار الحديث الأشرفية
Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyya (1232), the Ayyubid academy where al-Nawawi taught; for centuries the most prestigious chair of hadith in Islam.
Dar al-Hadith al-Nuriyya
دار الحديث النورية
Hadith college founded by Nur al-Din al-Zanki — the first institution in Islam devoted solely to the Prophet's traditions.
Dar al-Malla Bookstore
مكتبة دار الملا
Bookshop of the Malla family, sellers of classical texts.
Dar al-Mustafa
دار المصطفى
Publisher of devotional and biographical works on the Prophet.
Dar al-Qalam
دار القلم
'House of the Pen' — one of Damascus's most respected Islamic publishers, known for careful critical editions.
Dar al-Sunna
دار السنة
Bookstore specialising in hadith collections and their commentaries.
Dar al-Taqwa
دار التقوى
Damascene publisher of Islamic law, spirituality, and heritage editions.
Dar al-Tawhid wa al-Sunna
دار التوحيد والسنة
Bookshop and publisher specialising in creed and hadith literature.
Dar Ibn Kathir
دار ابن كثير
Publisher named for the historian Ibn Kathir, issuing hadith and history collections.
Hisham ibn Ammar Mosque
جامع هشام بن عمار
Mosque named for Hisham ibn Ammar (d. 859), Damascus's leading Qur'an reciter and hadith transmitter of his age and preacher of the Umayyad Mosque.
Ibn al-Qayyim Bookstore
مكتبة ابن القيم
Bookshop named for the Hanbali polymath Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya.
Imam al-Shafi'i Mosque
مسجد الإمام الشافعي
Mezzeh mosque named for Imam al-Shafi'i (767–820), founder of the Shafi'i school of law, born in Gaza and buried in Cairo.
Khan As'ad Pasha
The largest caravanserai in the Old City covers 2,500 square metres along Al-Buzuriyah Souq. Light falls from nine domes into a single monumental hall of grey-and-white stone.
Mausoleum of Salah al-Din
قبر صلاح الدين الأيوبي
In a small garden against the north wall of the Umayyad Mosque stands the red-domed mausoleum of Salah al-Din, built three years after his death in Damascus in 1193.
Mawlawi Takiyya
التكية المولوية
Lodge of the Mevlevi whirling dervishes in Damascus, active from the 16th century until the order's dissolution.
Mount Qasioun
Qasioun rises directly behind the city, threaded with hillside neighbourhoods. From its overlooks the whole of Damascus spreads below, oldest quarters first, glowing at sunset.
Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Mosque
جامع محيي الدين ابن العربي
Ottoman mosque raised by Sultan Selim I in 1518 over the tomb of Ibn Arabi; the heart of the Salihiyya quarter and a magnet for Sufi visitors ever since.
Mulla Ramadan al-Buti Mosque
جامع ملا رمضان البوطي
Mosque named for Mulla Ramadan al-Buti (d. 1990), Kurdish scholar who migrated from Turkey and taught in Damascus; father of the famed shaykh Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti.
Nafiz Efendi Mosque
جامع نافذ أفندي
Late-Ottoman mosque endowed by the notable Nafiz Efendi, serving the upper Salihiyya slopes.
National Museum of Damascus
المتحف الوطني
Syria's largest museum gathers tablets from Mari and Ugarit, the painted synagogue of Dura-Europos, and the carved facade of Qasr al-Heir, reassembled as its entrance.
Prophet Dhu al-Kifl Cemetery
مقبرة نبي الله ذي الكفل
Hillside cemetery beside the Dhu al-Kifl mosque on Qasioun, overlooking the city.
Prophet Dhu al-Kifl Mosque
مسجد نبي الله ذي الكفل
Mosque on Qasioun associated by local tradition with the Prophet Dhu al-Kifl, mentioned in the Qur'an and often identified with Ezekiel.
Qadi Ibn al-Zaki Cemetery
مقبرة القاضي ابن الزكي
Cemetery named for the Banu al-Zaki family, hereditary chief judges of Damascus in the Ayyubid age.
Rawdat al-Ulama Cemetery
مقبرة روضة العلماء
'Garden of the Scholars' — burial ground on Qasioun's slopes reserved for the ulama of Damascus.
Shaykh Ibrahim Cemetery
مقبرة الشيخ إبراهيم
Small quarter cemetery gathered around the grave of a local shaykh Ibrahim.
Shaykh Khalid Cemetery
مقبرة الشيخ خالد
Hillside cemetery on Qasioun around the tomb of Khalid al-Naqshbandi, favoured by the Naqshbandi order.
Shrine of al-Husayn ibn Ali
مشهد الحسين بن علي
Shrine within the Umayyad Mosque precinct marking where the head of al-Husayn, the Prophet's grandson martyred at Karbala in 680, was displayed and kept.
Straight Street
The old east–west spine of Roman Damascus crosses the walled city from Bab al-Jabiyah to Bab Sharqi, past souqs, workshops, and a surviving triumphal arch.
Suraqa ibn Malik Mosque
جامع سراقة بن مالك
Mosque named for Suraqa ibn Malik, the companion who pursued the Prophet during the hijra, embraced Islam, and was promised the bracelets of Khosrow.
Tankiz Mosque
جامع تنكز
Tinkiz Mosque Built by Sayf al-Din Tinkiz al-Nasiri the deputy of the Mamluk Sultanate in Damascus, it was transformed by Ibrahim Pasha in his campaign in Syria, and it was later bombed and destroyed by France in their aggression on Damascu
Tomb of Abd al-Fattah al-Saydawi
قبر عبد الفتاح الصيداوي
Tomb of Abd al-Fattah al-Saydawi, Damascene Qur'an master whose chains of recitation are still transmitted in the city.
Tomb of Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi
قبر عبد الغني النابلسي
Tomb of Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi (1641–1731), prolific Damascene polymath — Sufi, poet, jurist, and traveller — who wrote over 200 works on everything from mysticism to agriculture and dream interpretation.
Tomb of Abd al-Razzaq al-Halabi
قبر عبد الرزاق الحلبي
Tomb of Abd al-Razzaq al-Halabi (1925–2012), shaykh of the Umayyad Mosque and dean of the Hanafi jurists of Damascus in his time.
Tomb of Abu Shama al-Maqdisi
قبر أبي شامة المقدسي
Tomb of Abu Shama (1203–1268), Damascene historian and Qur'an scholar whose 'Book of the Two Gardens' chronicled the reigns of Nur al-Din and Saladin. He was murdered in his home in al-Salihiyya.
Tomb of Ahmad Nasib al-Mahamid
قبر أحمد نصيب المحاميد
Tomb of Ahmad Nasib al-Mahamid, shaykh of the Rifa'i line in Damascus and teacher of Qur'anic recitation.
Tomb of al-Zahir Baybars
قبر الظاهر بيبرس
Tomb of al-Zahir Baybars (1223–1277), the Kipchak slave who became Mamluk sultan, crushed the Mongols at Ayn Jalut, and broke the Crusader strongholds; buried in the Zahiriyya Library's domed hall.
Tomb of an Algerian Emir
قبر أمير جزائري
Grave of one of the Algerian emirs who followed Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri into Damascene exile after the French conquest of Algeria.
Tomb of Emir Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri
قبر الأمير عبد القادر الجزائري
Original burial place of Emir Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri (1808–1883), hero of the Algerian resistance against France, Sufi philosopher, and protector of thousands of Christians in the 1860 Damascus riots. His remains were moved to Algiers in 1966.
Tomb of Husayn Sa'biyya
قبر حسين صعبية
Tomb of the Damascene shaykh Husayn Sa'biyya, a local teacher of the religious sciences.
Tomb of Ibn Asrun
قبر ابن عصرون
Tomb of Ibn Abi Asrun (d. 1189), Shafi'i chief judge of Damascus under Saladin and author of influential legal works, buried in the madrasa he founded.
Tomb of Ibn Malik
قبر ابن مالك
Tomb of Ibn Malik (d. 1274), the Andalusian-born grammarian whose thousand-verse 'Alfiyya' remains the most memorised Arabic grammar text ever written; he taught at the Adiliyya until his death.
Tomb of Isa al-Kurdi
قبر عيسى الكردي
Tomb of Isa al-Kurdi (1831–1912), Kurdish-born scholar and Sufi who settled in Damascus and trained a generation of the city's shaykhs.
Tomb of Khalid al-Naqshbandi
قبر خالد النقشبندي
Tomb of Khalid al-Baghdadi al-Naqshbandi (1779–1827), Kurdish Sufi master who renewed the Naqshbandi order across the Ottoman world; his Khalidiyya branch reached from the Balkans to Sumatra. He died in Damascus of the plague.
Tomb of Mahmud al-Rankusi
قبر محمود الرنكوسي
Tomb of Mahmud al-Rankusi, Kurdish-born shaykh of the Naqshbandi order who taught on the slopes of Qasioun.
Tomb of Mu'adh ibn Jabal
قبر الصحابي معاذ بن جبل
Shrine of Mu'adh ibn Jabal (d. 639), the young Ansari companion the Prophet sent to teach in Yemen, praised as 'the most knowledgeable of my community in what is lawful and forbidden'.
Tomb of Muhammad Abu al-Khayr al-Maydani
قبر محمد أبي الخير الميداني
Tomb of Muhammad Abu al-Khayr al-Maydani (d. 1961), shaykh of the Maydan quarter and mufti of the Hanafis in Damascus.
Tomb of Muhammad Adil Khurshid
قبر محمد عادل خورشيد
Tomb of Muhammad Adil Khurshid, an Ottoman-descended Damascene scholar and preacher.
Tomb of Muhammad al-Hashimi
قبر محمد الهاشمي
Tomb of Muhammad al-Hashimi (1881–1961), Algerian-born Shadhili master exiled to Damascus, where he became the order's foremost guide in the Levant and teacher of many of its modern shaykhs.
Tomb of Muhammad Amin al-Kharbutli
قبر محمد أمين الخربطلي
Tomb of Muhammad Amin al-Kharbutli, an Anatolian-born scholar of Kharput who taught and died in Damascus.
Tomb of Muhammad Amin al-Zamalkani
قبر محمد أمين الزملكاني
Tomb of Muhammad Amin al-Zamalkani, Damascene scholar of the Zamalka family remembered for teaching jurisprudence in the Umayyad Mosque.
Tomb of Muhammad Hisham al-Burhani
قبر محمد هشام البرهاني
Tomb of Muhammad Hisham al-Burhani (1932–2014), scholar of the Umayyad Mosque and professor of Islamic law at Damascus University.
Tomb of Muhammad Jamil al-Shatti
قبر محمد جميل الشطي
Tomb of Muhammad Jamil al-Shatti (1882–1959), last of the great Hanbali muftis of Damascus and historian of the Hanbali school.
Tomb of Muhammad Lutfi al-Fayyumi
قبر محمد لطفي الفيومي
Tomb of Muhammad Lutfi al-Fayyumi, Egyptian-descended Damascene scholar of jurisprudence and Arabic.
Tomb of Muhammad Lutfi Shukri
قبر محمد لطفي شكري
Tomb of the Damascene shaykh Muhammad Lutfi Shukri, remembered as a preacher and teacher of the Qur'an.
Tomb of Muhammad Sa'id al-Burhani
قبر محمد سعيد البرهاني
Tomb of Muhammad Sa'id al-Burhani (1894–1967), Daghestani-descended shaykh who taught for decades at the Tawba Mosque and guided the Naqshbandi path in Damascus.
Tomb of Muhammad Sa'id al-Halwani
قبر محمد سعيد الحلواني
Tomb of Muhammad Sa'id al-Halwani, head of a Damascene family of Qur'an reciters who preserved the city's readings through the late Ottoman era.
Tomb of Muhammad Salih al-Hamawi
قبر محمد صالح الحموي
Tomb of Muhammad Salih al-Hamawi, Hama-born shaykh who settled in Damascus as a teacher of the religious sciences.
Tomb of Muhammad Sukkar
قبر محمد سكر
Tomb of the Damascene shaykh Muhammad Sukkar, a 20th-century teacher of Shafi'i law and spiritual guide in the old city.
Tomb of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi
قبر محيي الدين ابن العربي
Tomb of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi (1165–1240), 'al-Shaykh al-Akbar' — the Andalusian mystic-philosopher whose doctrine of the unity of being shaped Sufism from Morocco to Java. He spent his final years in Damascus.
Tomb of Munir al-Kasm
قبر منير الكسم
Tomb of Munir al-Kasm, 20th-century Damascene scholar and imam from a family of jurists.
Tomb of Nur al-Din al-Zanki
قبر نور الدين الزنكي الشهيد
Tomb of Nur al-Din al-Zanki (1118–1174), the just sultan who unified Syria against the Crusaders, patron of schools and hospitals, and mentor of Saladin. His madrasa-tomb has a celebrated muqarnas dome.
Tomb of Prophet Yahya (John the Baptist)
قبر نبي الله يحيى
Shrine within the Umayyad Mosque said to hold the head of Prophet Yahya (John the Baptist).
Tomb of Ruqayya bint al-Husayn
قبر رقية بنت الحسين
Shrine of the infant Ruqayya, daughter of al-Husayn ibn Ali, said to have died in Yazid's prison after Karbala; rebuilt in the 1980s in Persian style with mirror-work and blue tile.
Tomb of Salim al-Masuti
قبر سليم المسوتي
Tomb of Salim al-Masuti (d. 1888), Damascene Hanafi jurist and Sufi remembered for his asceticism.
Tomb of Shaykh Mujahid
قبر الشيخ مجاهد
Grave of a local saint remembered as Shaykh Mujahid, a place of quiet visitation in the old city.
Tomb of Sukayna bint al-Husayn
قبر سكينة بنت الحسين
Shrine attributed to Sukayna bint al-Husayn, granddaughter of Ali famed in early Islam for her wit, beauty, and patronage of poets.
Tombs of Abd al-Wahhab & Abd al-Rahim Dibs wa Zayt
قبر عبد الوهاب وعبد الرحيم دبس وزيت
Tombs of the brothers Abd al-Wahhab and Abd al-Rahim Dibs wa Zayt, Damascene Qur'an masters whose family name — 'molasses and oil' — recalls their ancestor's trade.
Tombs of the Ottoman Sultans
قبور السلاطين العثمانيين
Funerary enclosure holding the graves of the exiled Ottoman sultans Mehmed VI Vahideddin's household and other members of the imperial family who died in Damascus after 1924.
Umayyad Mosque
الجامع الأموي
One of the oldest and largest mosques in the world, raised on a site of worship stretching back three millennia. Its marble courtyard and shimmering mosaics remain the centre of religious and cultural life in Damascus.