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This building is attributed to Nur al-Din in 1167. The centerpiece of the mosque/shrine complex is the stone on which Abraham was supposed to have sat, as he milked his favorite cow -- a story which is the origin of Aleppo (properly, Halab)'s name. This site was previously a church, which was the supposed burial place of the head of St. John the Baptizer -- the supposed head was moved to this site in 435 from Baalbek, and remains to this day. You can tell that the mosque was built over an already existing church plan -- the later structure exists on the south wall -- it lines up with the Great Mosque of the Citadel, which also points toward Mecca -- the older church building is skewed several degrees clockwise.