Lebanon

Kirche der Königin des Universums

Maktab Anbar

Maktab Anbar (Arabic: مكتب عنبر‎) (Anbar Office) is a house in the center of Old Damascus, Syria. The house was built as a private residence by a local Jewish notable Mr. Anbar in the mid 19th century and was later confiscated by the Ottoman government after Mr. Anbar's bankruptcy.

Bab Al Saghir

Bāb aṣ-Ṣaghīr (Arabic: بَـاب الـصَّـغِـيْـر‎, "Small Gate"), also called Goristan-e-Ghariban, may refer to one of the seven gates in the Old City of Damascus, and street in the modern city of Damascus, Syria.

Cemetery Bab as-Saghir

Maqbarah al-Bāb aṣ-Ṣaghīr (Arabic: مَـقْـبَـرَة الْـبَـاب الـصَّـغِـيْـر‎) is the ancient maqbarah (Arabic: مَـقْـبَـرَة‎, cemetery) which is some 200 meters to the southwest of the Bab al-Saghir gate.Notable interments:

Tekkiye Mosque

The Tekkiye Mosque or Sultan Selim Mosque (Arabic: التَّكِيَّة السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة‎, romanized: et-Tekiyye es-Süleymāniyye, Turkish: Selimiye Camii or Sultan Selim Camii) is a mosque complex in Damascus, Syria, located on the banks of the Barada River.Sultan Suleiman…

Damascus

Damascus ( də-MASS-kəs or də-MAHS-kəs; Arabic: دمشق‎, romanized: Dimaşk Arabic pronunciation: [diˈmaʃq], Syrian Arabic: Arabic pronunciation: [dɪˈmaʃʔ], Classical Syriac: ܕܰܪܡܣܘܩ‎, romanized: Darmswq) is the capital of Syria, the oldest capital in the world and, according t…

Siege of Damascus (634)

The siege of Damascus (634) lasted from 21 August to 19 September 634 before the city fell to the Rashidun Caliphate. Damascus was the first major city of the Eastern Roman Empire to fall in the Muslim conquest of Syria.The last of the Roman–Persian Wars ended in 628, after Heraclius concluded a s…

National Archealogical Museum

The National Museum of Damascus (Arabic: الْمَتْحَفُ الْوَطَنِيُّ بِدِمَشْقَ‎) is a museum in the heart of Damascus, Syria.

Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery

Our Lady of Saidnaya Patriarchal Monastery (Arabic: دير سيدة صيدنايا البطريركي‎) is a monastery of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch located in Saidnaya, Syria.

Saidnaya

Saidnaya (also transliterated Saydnaya or Sednaya from the Syriac: ܣܝܕܢܝܐ‎, Arabic: صيدنايا‎, romanized: Ṣaydnāyā) is a city located in the mountains, 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level, 27 km (17 mi) north of the city of Damascus in Syria.

Al-Rukniyah Madrasa

Al-Rukniyah Madrasa (Arabic: الْمَدْرَسَة الرُّكْنِيَّة‎, romanized: al-Madrasah ar-Ruknīyah) is a 13th-century madrasah located in Damascus, Syria.Al-Adiliyah Madrasa Az-Zahiriyah Library Nur al-Din Madrasa

Damascus Opera House

The Damascus Opera House (officially Dar al-Assad for Culture and Arts) (Arabic: دَارُ الْأَسَدِ لِلثَّقَافَةِ وَالْفُنُونِ‎) is the national opera house of Syria.