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Syria - Aleppo - A man sits amongst tombs
A man sits amongst tombs in a shrine in the Great or Umayyad Mosque near trhe Souk in Aleppo, Syria. Also known as Al-Jamaa Zacharia after Prophet Zacharia, the father of St John the Baptist. Started by Caliph Al-Walid (r AD 705-15), who earlier founded the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, the work was completed by his successor Caliph Suleiman (r AD 715-17).
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