Damascus (Arabic: دمشق Dimashq IPA: [ˈdiːmaːʃq]) is the capital and the second-largest city of Syria after Aleppo. It is commonly known in Syria as ash-Sham (Arabic: الشام ash-Shām) and nicknamed as the City of Jasmine (Arabic: مدينة الياسمين Madīnat al-Yāsmīn). In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major cultural and religious center of the Levant.
Population: 1,569,394
Latitude: 33° 30' 36.72" N
Longitude: 36° 17' 28.61" E
Al-Assad Library (Arabic: مكتبة الأسد الوطنية) is the national library of Syria. It was established in Damascus in 1984 'to gather all books and daily issues in addition to all kinds of literature connected with our "ancestral cultural legacy", the…
The Sinan Pasha Mosque (Arabic: جامع السنانية, transliteration: Jami al-Sinaniya, Turkish: Sinan Paşa Camii) is an early Ottoman-era mosque in Damascus, Syria, located along Suq Sinaniyya Street.
Khan Sulayman Pasha (Arabic: خان سليمان باشا) is a large khan in the Old City of Damascus.
The Darwish Pasha Mosque (Arabic: جامع درويش باشا, transliteration: Jami Darwish Pasha, Turkish: Derviş Paşa Camii) is a 16th-century mosque in Damascus, Syria.
Bab al-Faradis (Arabic: باب الفراديس; "The Gate of the Paradise") or Bab al-Amara is one of the eight ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. One of the city's northern gates, it was named "the paradise gate" in the Roman age because it was surround…
Al-Shaghour (Arabic: الشاغور) is a municipality and a neighborhood located in the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, south and east of the Old City, and east of al-Midan. Al-Shaghour is one of the oldest recorded neighborhoods in the city. Parts o…
Al-Salihiyah (Arabic: الصالحية) is a municipality and a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. It lies to the north and northwest of the old walled city of Damascus about 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) from the Citadel at the foot of Mount Qasioun. The quarter …
Al-Adiliyah Madrasa (Arabic: المدرسة العادلية) is a 13th-century madrasah located in Damascus, Syria.
Sarouja (Arabic: ساروجة) is a municipality of Damascus, Syria, due north of the Old City.
Sabaa Bahrat Square (Arabic: ساحة السبع بحرات / ALA-LC: sāḥat as-Saba‘a Baḥrāt; which means "square of the Seven Fountains") is a large and important square in Damascus, Syria. Many important official buildings and ministries are located in the are…
Beit al-Mamlouka (Arabic: بيت المملوكة) is a luxury boutique hotel located in the old city of Damascus, Syria. It was established in 2005 in the city's oldest borough, the Christian quarter of Bab Touma ("St.
Baghdad Street (Arabic: شارع بغداد) is a main street in central Damascus, Syria.
Al-Salimiyah Madrasa (Arabic: المدرسة السليمية) is a 16th-century madrasah that houses the Tekkiye Mosque, built by the Ottomans in Damascus, Syria.
Al-Rukniyah Madrasa (Arabic: المدرسة الركنية) is a 13th-century madrasah located in Damascus, Syria.
Al-Hariqa (Arabic: الحريقة) is a neighborhood in Damascus, Syria. It lies inside the walls of the old city south of the Citadel of Damascus between the late-Ottoman-era markets of al-Hamidiyah Souq and Medhat Pasha Souq. The neighborhood was known …
Al-Fayhaa Stadium (Arabic: ملعب الفيحاء) is a multi-use stadium in Damascus, Syria, currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home venue of Barada SC football team.
Rukneddine is the name of a district (neighborhood) in Damascus. Originally named after an officer under the command of Saladin, it is the birthplace of renowned Islamic scholar and former Grand Mufti of Syria Sheikh Ahmed Kuftaro, who served at the…
Salera Hill is a pilgrimage centre (ziyaret) in Damascus, Syria.