Name of Object:

Al-Maryamiyya (St. Mary’s Church), Damascus

Other name of the Object (second name):

Main church aisle towards the iconostasis

Location:

Berlin, Germany

Holding Institution:

Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, State Museums

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Date of Object:

1860 (date of re-building); photo: contemporary photo (2005)

Description:

This church was a late 4th century foundation, which was, after its destruction in 1860, rebuilt in red brick with the financial support from Russia. Today the Maryamiyya Church, one of the oldest Greek-Orthodox churches in Damascus, is still very popular and regularly used by the Christian community there.

Type of Object

Photograph

Citation of this web page:

Stefan Weber "Al-Maryamiyya (St. Mary’s Church), Damascus" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;de;14;en

Prepared by: Stefan Weber

MWNF Working Number: DE 014