Places

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

3 places

• Great al-Nuri Mosque

  جامع النوري الكبير

  Mosque · Homs

  Homs's al-Nuri Great Mosque, converted from earlier temples and churches after the conquest and rebuilt by Nur al-Din al-Zanki in the 12th century.

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  Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque

  جامع خالد بن الوليد

  Mosque · Homs

  Homs's great mosque, rebuilt in Ottoman style in the early 20th century over the burial place of Khalid ibn al-Walid; its two slender minarets are the city's emblem.

• Tomb of Khalid ibn al-Walid

  قبر خالد بن الوليد

  Tomb & Shrine · Homs

  Tomb of Khalid ibn al-Walid (d. 642), 'the Drawn Sword of God' — companion of the Prophet and the undefeated general who led the conquests of Iraq and Syria before dying quietly in Homs.