Tomb of Sultan Mehmed VI

Damascus

A restaurant in the Hijaz district of Damascus, about 100 m from the Tekkiye Mosque. It stands on Muslim al-Baroudi Street and serves pizza.

Damascus

An Ottoman complex on the bank of the Barada river, commissioned by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the architect Sinan; its mosque was completed in 1559 and a madrasa was added in 1566. It once hosted pilgrims and the poor, is known for its two slender minarets and domes, and its former cells now house a handicrafts market.

Damascus

Syria's military museum, set up in part of the grounds of the Takiyya Sulaymaniyya by the Barada, showing weapons and military equipment from different periods. It stands next to the National Museum; check its opening times before visiting.

Damascus

A street and quarter in central Damascus near the Hejaz Railway Station, known for its bookshops, publishers and stalls of second-hand books. Students and readers come here looking for new and old titles.

Damascus

Syria's oldest and largest museum, founded in 1919, with its present building near the Takiyya Sulaymaniyya opened in 1936. Its entrance is the gateway of the Umayyad palace of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi, moved stone by stone from the desert, and its collections span Ugarit, Mari and Palmyra, together with the painted synagogue of Dura-Europos.

Damascus

A hotel in the Hijaz district of Damascus, about 100 m from the Tekkiye Mosque. It stands on Muslim al-Baroudi Street.