Vintage albumen print photograph
 Damascus, Great Mosque and general view of Damascus
 This overview of the Great Mosque of Damascus, also known as the Umayyad Mosque, offers a panorama of the city of Damascus.
 The Great Mosque of Damascus, one of the oldest and most important religious buildings in Islam, is depicted here in its urban context, offering a valuable testimony to 19th-century architecture and landscape.
 Felix Bonfils was a French photographer (1831 - 1885). He learned photography from Niepce de Saint-Victor, nephew of Nicéphore Niepce.
 He opened his photographic studio in 1867 in Beirut, Lebanon, where he specialized in the architecture and landscapes of Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Greece.