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Syria This picture shows Omar mosque: interior. It was taken on a travel to Bosra, Syria, Asia. It is one of the 8138 of travel photographs you can find on Traveladventures.org. You can click on the picture to see more pictures of Bosra. You can also send it as a free electronic postcard or download it for free, by following the links under the picture. Alternatively, you can follow the tags under the picture to find other travel pictures of a particular theme, or switch to another language. Enjoy your travel with pictures from all over the world! Show on map Locate Omar Mosque on map Other languages: \| \| \| \| Categories Architecture Art Bridges City & Cityscape Coastline Culture & Religion Doors & Windows Events History Landscape Nature People Transportation Various	Picture of Omar mosque: interior (Bosra, Syria) Inside Omar mosque Send image of Omar mosque: interior as a free postcard Download picture of Omar mosque: interior Purchase Omar mosque: interior (Syria) Supposedly one of the oldest mosques in the world, the Omar Mosque in Bosra is a true gem and a unique moslem temple of prayer. When I turned one of the streets of ancient Basra, I found myself in front of a wall with some arches and pillars. On the left, I saw columns towering above the stone street. Behind the arches, I saw a massive closed wooden door. While looking at the building, mainly a blind wall behind the arches, and a square tower on top, the door was opened and an older Arab dressed in a simple greyish white jellaba came out. He summoned me in, and behind the door, a large area opened itself to my eyes. I had just entered the Omar Mosque, or Jami al-Arouss as it is also called. Read more about: Omar Mosque Tags for this picture: \| \| \| \| arches summer Asia Africa Bosra Debre Damo columns stone mosque church muslem christian Omar Mosque Catedral Primada de las Américas Syria Seychelles
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