الجامع الاموي. جامع بني أمية الكبير

An alliance of the Mongols and the Crusaders captured the city in 1260, but their occupation was short-lived The Ottomans fully restored the mosque, but largely maintained the original structure
Three arcades make up the interior space of the sanctuary A Classical Revival in Islamic Architecture

It was separated from the city by two sets of walls.

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الجامع الأموي
They are parallel to the direction of prayer which is towards in modern-day
أقسام الجامع الأموي ومحتوياته بالصور من الداخل
, a prominent 14th-century Muslim scholar, backed this notion
الجامع الأموي
Bowersock and Brown, 2001, pp
The attempt failed as the Mamluks proceeded to burn the catapults before they were placed in the mosque Seljuk and Ayyubid era [ ] The Sunni Muslim gained control of the city in 1078 and restored the nominal rule of the Abbasid Caliphate
The Mihrab of the Companions of the Prophet named after the is situated in the eastern half 1109—1113 , was assassinated in the Umayyad Mosque

craftsmen as well as Persian, , and laborers provided the bulk of the labor force which consisted of 12,000 people.

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Umayyad Mosque
The mosque's extensive mosaics and its marble panelling were once again ravaged by fire in 1893, and had to be restored
المسجد الأموي
The level of the stone pavement had become uneven over time due to several repairs throughout the mosque's history, but recent work on the courtyard has restored it to its consistent Umayyad-era levels
مقالة عن الجامع الاموي في دمشق
The northern minaret, the Minaret of the Bride, is the oldest, dating back to the Abbasid period