AN-NOURI MOSQUE

The Greater Homs Mosque. The building would be, if one sticks to the permanence of the location of places of worship, at the place of the former temple of the Sun, which was then converted to Saint John Cathedral. The site map would thus be the same as that of the Great Mosque in Damascus. An entrance allows you to access the prayer room by the souk. The central mihrab is decorated with a golden mosaic representing a vine. The courtyard is equipped with a stage with black and white tiles. The few blocks in which there are dates of previous places of worship. The mosque, like the whole old town, incorporates reuse materials. The square minaret, characteristic of homsiotes minarets, dates back to 980. C.C.