The Great Mosque (Ramla) [Canvas]

The Great Mosque (Ramla)

The Great Mosque of Ramla (Al-Masjid al-Kabir or El-Omari Mosque) in Ramla, Palestine, stands as the country's largest and most intact Crusader-era church, originally built in the early 12th century as the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist during the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Following the Mamluk conquest in 1266 under Sultan Baybars, it was swiftly converted into a mosque, with additions including a mihrab, minbar, and a now-lost red minaret erected in 1314 to commemorate his victory over the Crusaders at Jaffa. Featuring a basilica layout with three naves, marble columns, and 12th-century inscriptions, the structure exemplifies Gothic influences blended with Islamic adaptations, such as an Arabic epigraphic panel from Baybars embedded in the entrance. Located in Ramla's historic core - founded by Umayyad Caliph Sulayman in 715 CE as a key administrative hub - it remains an active place of worship and a testament to the city's layered multicultural past amid ongoing restorations.

Product features

• Materials: cotton and polyester composite (canvas), pine wood (frame)
• Comes in various sizes
• Soft rubber dots on bottom back corners for support
• Back hanging included
• Inner frame made with radiata pine sourced from renewable forests
• Please note: Due to the production process of the canvases, please allow for slight size deviations with a tolerance +/- 1/8" (3.2mm)