The Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus (ca. 706-15): First imperial mosque built by Caliph al-Walid I (705-15), the son of Abd al-Malik.

 

View of the Umayyad mosque form the west with the minaret of Qaytbay in front and the minaret of Jesus in the back.     The northern portico of the mosque with the khaznat (treasury) dome in the foreground and the minaret of al-'Arus (the Bride) in the back.   View of the prayer hall of the mosque with the shrine of St. John the Baptist.   A detail of the Barada mosaic of the eastern wall of the mosque courtyard.

 

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