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Creation Year
1960
Image ID
A.032
Alternate Identifier
B01.032
Subcollection
A: Jerusalem
Description
This view looks at the north-eastern gate on the Dome of the Rock’s platform, and looks through it to the Mamluk al-Ghawanima minaret of the al-Aqsa mosque, which is made entirely of stone, and consists of a series of blocks divided into separate stories by moldings. There is a timber canopy above the muezzin’s gallery, and the whole is topped by a bulbous dome capped by a finial.
Image Notes
Photograph created 1960. Photograph processed August 1960. Formerly cataloged as B01.032. Notes written on the slide or index: Dome of the Rock, Meezan.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
Keywords
Arches, Arcade, Northwest Arcade of Temple Mount, Minaret, Ghawanima Minaret, Temple Mount
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