Mount Qasioun
About the place
- Country : Syria , Damascus
- Address : Mount Qasioun, Damascus, Syria
- Category : Plains and Mountains
Mount Qasioun
Overview:
Qasioun: It is the mountain overlooking the city of Damascus, and it contains several caves, and there are traces of the prophets and at its bottom is the cemetery of the righteous. It is a glorified and sacred mountain in which the traces of the righteous people are narrated.
It is a mountain overlooking the city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, which is considered a geographical extension of the western Syrian mountain ranges.
Resources:
Dictionary of Countries - Mo'ajam al Boldan" by Yaqut al-Hamawi (4/295).
Aljazeera website
esyria website
tripadvisor website