Ancient City of Damascus World Heritage Site

Official name

Ancient City of Damascus | UNESCO

Country

Syria | Map

Continent

Asia

Location

Administrative District of Damascus
33.5108° Lat, 36.3097° Lon | Map

Code

20

Time Zone

Asia/Damascus (+03, +0300)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1979. Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the centre of a flourishing craft industry, specializing in swords and lace. The city has some 125 monuments from different periods of its history – one of the most spectacular is the 8th-century Great Mosque of the Umayyads, built on the site of an Assyrian sanctuary.