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Great Mosque, Minaret
Bayt Junblat, door in the centre of southern iwan
Great Mosque, Minaret
Bayt Junblat, southern iwan (the great iwan)
Al-Madrasa al-Hallawiyya, main entrance
Bayt Dallal, the basin and the iwan
Madrasat al-Firdaws, inscription
Madrasat al-Firdaws, the marble prayer niche (mihrab) decorated with floral and geometric motifs
Madrasat al-Firdaws, general view to north – courtyard, eastern arcade and iwan
Jamiʿ al-Qayqan, general view from outside
Access to the Castle’s interior, Qalʿat Ibn Maʿn
Madrasa al-Hallawiyya: interior view at the former Byzantine apse
Hammam Yalbugha an-Nasiri, the cold section (barrani)
General view of Qalʿat Ibn Maʿn
One of the three minor mihrabs, Umayyad Mosque
Arch of the remains of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi (Palace)
Arched window of perforated stucco, al-Bimaristan an-Nuri
Interior view to the west showing the courtyard and the entrance of al-Bimaristan an-Nuri
General view of the Umayyad Mosque shows the dome and the three minarets of the mosque
View from the Hotel Burj al-Fardous towards Old Damascus showing the Citadel
The remaining upper part of Shumaymis Castle
Khan al-Hibal, the upper part of the entrance with foundation inscription
Remains of the Byzantine tower incorporated into the Umayyad complex at Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi (Palace)
Kharbaqa Dam: One of the dams that were built to limit seasonal flood waters in the Badia
Az-Zahir Baybars Mausoleum in al-Madrasa az-Zahiriyya
Turbat az-Zahir Baybars, mosaic details covering the southern wall of the mausoleum
Az-Zahir Baybars Mausoleum in al-Madrasa az-Zahiriyya
Turbat az-Zahir Baybars, mosaics covering the southern wall of the mausoleum
Damascus, Hammam al-Qaramani