Umayyad Mosque (English name) Jāmi' al-Umawī

Japanese: ウマイヤ・モスク(英語表記)Jāmi‘ al‐Umawī
Umayyad Mosque (English name) Jāmi' al-Umawī
The oldest surviving mosque in Damascus, Syria. Built in 706-714 or 715 by the Umayyad caliph Walid I. Built on the site of a former Roman temple sanctuary, it also converted part of the Church of St. John the Baptist. The courtyard is surrounded by arcades with piers and columns on three sides, with two rows of columns running parallel to the qibla wall, and a side aisle crossing them at right angles has a symbolic dome in front of the mihrab. What makes the mosque so famous are the magnificent mosaics that decorate its exterior walls and arcades.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
シリアのダマスクスにある現存最古のモスク。706‐714∥715年にウマイヤ朝カリフ,ワリード1世によって建造。かつてローマ時代の神殿の聖域であった所に建てられ,しかも洗礼者ヨハネ教会の一部を転用している。中庭の三方にはピアと柱とによるアーケードが設けられ,キブラ壁に平行して,2列の列柱が走り,これを直角に横切った側廊には,ミフラーブの前にドームが象徴的にかけられている。このモスクの名を高めているのは,モスクの外壁やアーケードを飾っている華麗なモザイクである。

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