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The Great Mosque of Aleppo (Arabic: جامع حلب الكبير Jāmi‘ Halab al-Kabīr) or the Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo (جامع بني أمية بحلب) is the largest and one of the oldest mosques in the city of Aleppo, Syria. It is located in Al-Jalloum district of the Ancient City of Aleppo, a World Heritage Site, near the entrance to al-Madina Souq. The mosque is purportedly home to the remains of Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist. It was built in the beginning of the 8th century. However, the current building dates back the 11th-14th centuries. The minaret was built in 1090, and was destroyed during fighting on 24 April 2013.