A picture a day from around the world, all taken by me, D.J.Z.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Damascus, Syria
Rising above the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus are three minarets, towers from which the call to prayers is issued five times a day. This is the octagonal Western Minaret. The black-and-white banding is a give-away: The architecture is Mamluk. [1995]
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