Nabi Yahya Mosque

Nablus Governorate, Palestine · built 1101

The Nabi Yahya Mosque (‎, Jāmiʿ An-Nabī Yaḥyā, lit. 'Mosque of the Prophet John') is a mosque containing the traditional tomb of Yahya (John the Baptist) in Sebastia, Nablus. The mosque also reputedly contains the tombs of the prophets Elisha and Obadiah. This mosque was originally a church. Nabi Yahya is the main mosque in the Palestinian village of Sebastia, located in the central square. It is constructed of large buttressed walls and within its courtyard a stairway in the small domed building leads down into a cave.

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