DEGEORGE Gérard.
The Great Umayyad Mosque, Damascus.
South Acts
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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.