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Great Mosque of Aleppo, Syria

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Zakariyah Mosque

mosque, Aleppo, Syria

Also known as: Great Mosque

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feature of Aleppo

In Aleppo: The contemporary city
…interest is the Great, or Zakariyyah, Mosque (built 715 ce, rebuilt 1285), which is named for Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist. Parts of the city’s old stone walls, along with several of their gates, are still intact. During the Syrian Civil War the old city, including the citadel…
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