The construction of the Umayyad Mosque began in 705 AD by al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik. The Umayyad Mosque is also distinguished by being the first mosque in which the mihrab and the apse appeared as ...
The central mosaic at the Umayyad mosque in Damascus (Zirrar/MEE) It’s said that for this 80-year period both communities would enter the house of worship through the same door, and then the ...