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A tour of Syria's historical past
the noble Islamic hero whose tomb can be visited in the Umayyad Mosque complex in Damascus, and yet only named in his honour in 1957. 1. At many of the historical sites throughout Syria there is ...
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The world's oldest capital city that has been inhabited for 4,500 years
Syria’s capital, Damascus ... about the number one listed tourist attraction in the city - the Damascus Umayyad Mosque. One said: “The Umayyad Mosque is considered a historical architecture ...
Daily Express5d
The world’s oldest city lived in for 11,000 years - not Athens or Jerusalem
The capital of Syria, Damascus, was shaped by some ... Roman city walls and "incomparable" Great Mosque, praised as a masterpiece of Umayyad architecture. According to UNESCO, the Great Mosque's ...
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President al-Assad awards Mrs. Najah al-Attar the Umayyad National Order
Damascus, SANA- President Bashar al-Assad on Monday awarded Mrs. Najah al-Attar, the Vice-President, the Umayyad National Order, in the presence of cultural, intellectual and literary figures in ...
The world's oldest city lived in for 11,000 years - not Athens or Jerusalem
It's a city inhabited for 11,000 years and has seen empires come and go, including the Greeks, Romans and Ottomans.