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Grand Mosque Detail
ID: TEETHN30 · © Carl Rasmussen · Added: 2020

Grand Mosque Detail

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View of the well-preserved arch of the Ulu Cami ("Grand Mosque") at Haran.

The mosque was built by the Umayyad Caliph Mervan II between 744-750. It measured 340 x 350 ft. (104 x 107 m.) and the well–preserved minaret is 108 ft. (33.3 m.) tall!