The Umayyad Mosque has an amazing history attached to it. The building that stands there today was built in 705AD. The site was previously used as a temple for Hadad, the Aramaic god of the ancient Syrians three thousand years ago. Then it was used as a pagan temple in Roman times and then as a church called St John the Baptist Church.
Here you can see the interior of the mosque. As you can see it is a very busy place and is still a place of worship so when you visit it you can see people praying and reading.
The mosque is located at the end of the souk, aka the Souk Al-Hamidieyeh. In this video clip you can see the square that separates the mosque entrance from the souk. You can also see the ruins of the Roman Temple of Jupiter, which were used as the foundations for the mosque - recycling, before it became popular.
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