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Marble cenotaph next to the tomb of Salah ad-Din, was presented by German Emperor Wilhelm II during his visit to Damascus in 1898

Marble cenotaph next to the tomb of Salah ad-Din, was presented by German Emperor Wilhelm II during his visit to Damascus in 1898

[ Description by author: Der Kenotaph Salâhu d-Dîns. Das Grabmal war völlig vernachlässigt, bis es Wilhelm II auf seiner Orientreise 1898 restaurieren ließ und diesen Steinsarkophag stiftete. Davon berichtet die Inschrift oben links, vgl. Bild 0230 ! Zu dem weitgehend verdeckten älteren Holzsarkophag s. Bild 0229 ! (The year of the photo is not sure according to Peter Heiske ) ]

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Marble cenotaph next to the tomb of Salah ad-Din, was presented by German Emperor Wilhelm II during his visit to Damascus in 1898

    Time Period
  • 1990s, 1998
    Type of Subject
  • Building
    Keywords
  • Arabic, Architecture, Byzantine, Edificial landscape, Photography, Römisch-Byzantinisch, Ruin
    Place hierarchy
  • World,Asia,Syria,Muhafazat Damascus,Damascus,Bab Brid,al-Madrasa al-ʿAzīziyya
    Collection
  • Collection Heiske (Peter)
    Author
  • Peter Heiske
    Copyright
  • © Peter Heiske (CC-BY-NC-ND)
    EasyDB ID
  • 74276

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