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| Great Mosque of Aleppo | |
|---|---|
جَـامِـع حَـلَـب الْـكَـبِـيْـر | |
 Panoramic view in 2010 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Status | Temporarily closed |
| Location | |
| Location | Al-Jalloum district, Aleppo, Syria |
  Shown within Ancient City of Aleppo | |
| Geographic coordinates | 36°11′58″N 37°09′25″E / 36.199492°N 37.156911°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Hasan ibn Mufarraj al-Sarmini |
| Type | Mosque |
| Style | Pre-Islamic,[a] North Syrian, Umayyad, Seljuk, Mamluk |
| Completed | 715, 13th century |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | 1 |
| Minaret(s) | 1 (destroyed during the Syrian civil war) |
| Materials | stone |
The Great Mosque of Aleppo (Arabic: جَـامِـع حَـلَـب الْـكَـبِـيْـر, romanized: Jāmi‘ Ḥalab al-Kabīr) is the largest and one of the oldest mosques in the city of Aleppo, Syria. It is located in al-Jalloum district of the Ancient City of Aleppo, a World Heritage Site, near the entrance to Al-Madina Souq. The mosque is purportedly home to the remains of Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, both of whom are revered in Islam[5][6] and Christianity.[7] It was built in the beginning of the 8th century CE. However, the current building dates back to the 11th through 14th centuries. The minaret in the mosque was built in 1090,[8] and was destroyed during fighting in the Syrian Civil War in April 2013.[9]
- ^ Robert, Hillenbrand (1994), Necipoglu, Gulru (ed.), Islamic Architecture: Form, Function, and Meaning, Columbia University Press, p. 140,
At the top is the main cornice of the tower. It is made of flat niches – as opposed to concave muqarnas cells – and entirely decorated with tiny arabesques. The style of this minaret's decoration reveals the continuity of Syrian pre-Islamic and Roman architectural heritage.
- ^ Raby, Julian (2004), Necipoglu, Gulru (ed.), "Nur Al-Din, the Qastal al-Shuʿaybiyya, and the "Classical Revival"", Muqarnas 21 Essays in Honor of J.M. Rogers: An Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islamic World, 21, Brill, ISBN 9004139648,
… they perpetuate the outer shell of pre-Islamic Syrian towers, of which the minarets of the mosques of Aleppo and Ma'arrat al-Nu'man preserve ...
- ^ "Discover Islamic Art". Museum with No Frontiers. 2004–2018. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ Palmer, A. L. (2016-05-26). Historical Dictionary of Architecture (2 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 185–236. ISBN 978-1442263093.
- ^ "The Great Mosque of Aleppo | Muslim Heritage". www.muslimheritage.com. 24 March 2005. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ The Great Mosque (The Umayyad Mosque) Archived 2008-11-03 at the Wayback Machine Syria Gate.
- ^ Gospel of Luke, Luke 1:5–79
- ^ ed. Mitchell, 1978, p. 231.
- ^ "Syria clashes destroy ancient Aleppo minaret". bbc.co.uk. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
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