The Great Umayyad Mosque, Damascus.
DEGEORGE Gérard.

The Great Umayyad Mosque, Damascus.

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N° d'inventaire 23163
Format 26 x 30
Détails 271 p., bound in cloth under dust jacket.
Publication Paris, 2010
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782742790326

A history and presentation of the architectural riches of the Great Mosque of Damascus, built by the sixth Umayyad caliph, the conqueror al-Walid (705-715) on the site of an ancient pagan temple. The mosaics covering its walls, partly destroyed by fire in 1893, are among the most beautiful in the world.

A history and presentation of the architectural riches of the Great Mosque of Damascus, built by the sixth Umayyad caliph, the conqueror al-Walid (705-715) on the site of an ancient pagan temple. The mosaics covering its walls, partly destroyed by fire in 1893, are among the most beautiful in the world.