Great Mosque of Hama built

800 CE.

Shown on the map at 35.134°, 36.745°.

The Great Mosque of Hama (Arabic: جَامِع حَمَاة ٱلْكَبِير, romanized: Jāmiʿ Ḥamāt al-Kabīr), is a mosque in Hama, Syria. It is located approximately 400 metres (1,300 ft) west of the citadel. Built in the 8th century CE, it was largely destroyed in the 1982 Hama massacre and subsequently rebuilt.

Text from the Wikipedia article Great Mosque of Hama, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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