TEKKIYE SOULAYMANIYA

By continuing the main aisle of the handicraft souk, we reach a larger set than the previous one, La Soulaymaniya. The building, also built under Soliman le Magnificent from 1553 and according to the plans of its architect Sinan - the great builder of the Soulaymaniya mosque in Istanbul - consists of a mosque, cells and. The soaring minarets of the soaring lisses mosque illustrate Ottoman architecture, which makes its first appearance in Damascus. The portal is decorated with a polychrome géométrique, while the door is surmounted by mouqarnas. Beautiful local tile tiles adorn the door eardrum. This ensemble, which was used as a caravanserai during the pilgrimage of Mecca, had to assert Damascus as a centre for the gathering of pilgrims. The cells surmounted each of a little dome housed the dervishes of convents. The war planes stored in the museum gardens give an unusual touch to this harmony together.