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Surroundings:

Damascus, Umayyad mosque, north entrance to innercourtDamascus, Remains of temple of Zeus, seen from fore court of UmayyadDamascus, Umayyad mosque, north wall, minaretDamascus, Umayyad mosque, west entrance to innercourtDamascus, Remains of temple of Zeus, detail of tympanum, by nightDamascus, Umayyad mosque, north wall, minaretDamascus templeDamascus, Umayyad mosque, mosaic with trees on west side of inner entranceDamascus, Remains of temple of ZeusDamascus, Umayyad mosque, north wall, minaret from interior courtDamascus Temple WallDamascus, Umayyad mosque, south west minaret by nightDamascus, Remains of a portal of the temple of Zeus, now in south wall of UmayyadDamascus, Umayyad mosque, north wall, minaret from interior courtDamascus Temple WallDamascus, Umayyad mosque, south west minaret by nightDamascus, Remains of the westwall of the temple of ZeusDamascus, Umayyad mosque, innercourtDamascus, Umayyad mosque, tomb with head of HuseynDamascus, Capital of the temple of ZeusDamascus, Umayyad mosque, close up of central entranceDamascus, Umayyad mosque, innercourtDamascus, Umayyad mosque, tomb with head of HuseynDamascus, Remains of temple of ZeusDamascus, Umayyad mosque, entrance seen from the interiorDamascus, Umayyad mosque, innercourt with fountain and treasureDamascus, Umayyad mosque, tomb with head of Huseyn, detailDamascus, Remains of temple of ZeusDamascus, Umayyad mosque, shrine with the head of John the BaptistDamascus, Umayyad mosque, innercourt with bima, fountain and treasure

Location:

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Damascus
  • geo:33.508808,36.306789
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Road
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=42463

Annotations

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The "colonnaded street" of Damascus, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as "the street which is called Straight" (Acts 9.11).

The "colonnaded street" of Damascus, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as "the street which is called Straight" (Acts 9.11).


Nearby

Odeon

Odeon

Roman Theater

Roman Theater

Siege of Damascus in 1148

Second Crusade.


This object was added by Jona Lendering on 2017-06-10. Last update by Jona Lendering on 2017-06-10. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/42463 . Download as RDF/XML, GeoJSON, KML.
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Line tracing by Jona Lendering.

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