Editing Homs (section)

===Landmarks===
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The city itself is famous for its historic [[mosque]]s and [[Church (building)|churches]]. It is also well recognised by its two public clocks standing at each end of [[Quwatli Street (Homs)|Quwatli Street]]. The older one, at the eastern end facing al-Hamidiya Street, was elevated by the [[French mandate of Syria|French]] in 1923, and the other one, at the western end facing al-Dablan street, is housed in the New Clock Tower which was built in 1957. Homs is well known for its historical roofed ''[[souk]]s''. These consist of a complex maze of narrow streets and covered commercial alleys extending from the south and east from the Great Mosque towards the ancient citadel. The ''souks''—lined with grocery and clothing stores, and workshops for carpenters, artisans, cobblers, metalworkers and knife-sharpeners—are busiest in the evening.<ref>Beattie, 2001, p. 207.</ref><ref>Carter, 2008, pp. 156–57.</ref>

Other landmarks include the [[Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Homs)|Great Mosque of al-Nuri]]. Originally a pagan temple dedicated to El-Gabal, it was consecrated as the Church of Saint John the Baptist under the Byzantines. Later, it was established as a Friday mosque during the Islamic Arab rule of Homs.<ref>Mannheim, 2001, p. 205–206.</ref> The [[Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque]] has been considered "the only edifice of any real note" in Homs, and was built in the last few years of Ottoman rule in Syria during the 1900s. The mosque is named after early Arab general Khalid ibn al-Walid, whose tomb is located within the building.<ref>Beattie, 2001, p. 53.</ref>

The [[Saint Mary Church of the Holy Belt|Um al-Zennar Church]] ("Church of the Virgin's Girdle") was built in 1852 atop an earlier church dating back to the 4th century, and perhaps 59 AD. The other prominent church in Homs is the 5th-century [[Church of Saint Elian]], built in honour of [[Christianity|Christian]] martyr Saint Elian, whose tomb is located in the [[crypt]].<ref name="Beattie, 2001, p.208"/>

The [[Citadel of Homs]] is situated on one of the largest urban [[Tell (archaeology)|tells]] of Syria. It has been archaeologically neglected because of military occupation until recent years. The tell dates back at least to the [[Early Bronze Age]]. The extant Islamic-style walls were built during the Ayyubid period and the Mamluk sultan [[Baybars]] subsequently carried out restorations. All of this work is testified by inscriptions although without exception, they are lost. In 1994, a joint Syrian-British team studied the Citadel of Homs, recording the remains of the walls and towers.<ref>{{cite journal |last=King |first=Geoffrey |title=Archaeological fieldwork at the Citadel of Homs, Syria: 1995–1999 |publisher=[[School of Oriental and African Studies]] |year=2002 |url=http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15222300 |access-date=17 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915183321/http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15222300 |archive-date=15 September 2012 |journal=Levant |volume=34 |pages=39–58 |doi=10.1179/lev.2002.34.1.39 |s2cid=162137882 }}</ref>