Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Ancient City of Damascus Municipality, Syria

Bab al-Salam is one of the seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. During the Roman era, it was also known as "Gate of the Moon".

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Al-Tawbah Mosque is one of the Ayyubid mosques in the city of Damascus, Syria, located in the area and locality of Al-Aqiba in Old Damascus. It was built by the Ayyubid King Al-Ashraf Musa in 632 AH. The mosque burned in 699 AH, when the Tatars entered the city of Damascus, and then destroyed by the soldiers of Tamerlane in 803 AH, so Prince Shaheen Al-Shuja'i renewed it. The Amrani style of the mosque emulates the Great Umayyad Mosque, and is considered the second largest religious school after the Umayyad Mosque.

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The Darwish Pasha Mosque is a 16th-century mosque in Damascus, Syria. The mosque was erected in 1574 by the Ottoman governor of Damascus Darwish Pasha.

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The Statue of Saladin is an oversize equestrian bronze statue depicting the Ayyubid Sultan Saladin located in front of the 11th century Citadel of Damascus, in the Ancient City of Damascus in Damascus, Syria. The statue was designed by Syrian sculptor Abdallah al-Sayed. It was unveiled by the then Syrian president Hafez Assad in 1993, marking the 800th anniversary of Saladin's death.

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The Citadel of Damascus is a large medieval fortified palace and citadel in Damascus, Syria. It is part of the Ancient City of Damascus, which was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.

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The Yalbugha Mosque was a 13th-century mosque on the Barada river in Damascus, Syria. It was built by the Mamluks in 1264 or by Yalbughā al-Yahyāwī in 1346–47. During the reign of Ibrahim Pasha (1832–1840) it was converted to use as a biscuit factory. It was demolished in 1974 to make way for a redevelopment. A modern mosque completed on 27 October 2014 stands on the site.

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The Telegraph Column, located in Damascus, Syria, is a commemorative monument celebrating the completion of the telegraph line between that city and Hajj sites, in the former Ottoman Empire. It was designed by Raimondo D'Aronco.

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The Mevlevi Tekke is a hospice used by the Mevlevi as a refuge for the dervishes, i.e. the Mevlevi disciples. Basically, takaya was created by the Ottomans to care for the unbreadwinner, the unable to earn, the infirm, the helpless elderly, widows of women who cannot beat the ground, as well as the poor, strangers, and passers-by who have no shelter in the countries they pass through – especially if they are going to make the pilgrimage to the Sacred House of God. When Mevlevi spread, some takaya became the place where the dervishes resided. They spend their time in worship, and in the dhikr, which was often accompanied by Sufi circular dancing and music. With the decline of schools in the Ottoman era, zawiyas and takaya flourished, and the number of Sufis and dervishes increased. It has become a refuge for the poor through the ages. After World War I, Ataturk banned religions, including Mevlevism, demolished many takayas, turned some into museums and closed the rest.

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The Sulaymaniyya Takiyya is a takiyya in Damascus, Syria, located on the right bank of the Barada River. Commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, the western building of the complex was built, following the plans of Mimar Sinan, between 1554 and 1559. Another building was added eastwards from it in 1566 to be used as a madrasa.

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The National Museum of Damascus is a museum in the heart of Damascus, Syria. As the country's national museum as well as its largest, this museum covers the entire range of Syrian history over a span of over 11 millennia. It displays various important artifacts, relics and major finds most notably from Mari, Ebla and Ugarit, three of Syria's most important ancient archaeological sites. Established in 1919, during King Faisal's Arab Kingdom of Syria, the museum is the oldest cultural heritage institution in Syria.

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The Syrian Military Museum is located in Damascus, Syria, established in 1959 in the western part of the Sulaymaniyah Tekke, located near the Damascus University building, and includes many exhibits, ancient weapons, various military equipment, an archive of the Syrian revolutions, and some guns and warplanes.

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