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Creation Year
1977
Image ID
A.080
Alternate Identifier
B01.080
Subcollection
A: Jerusalem
Abstract
View of the Dome of Solomon, with the northern Gate of Darkness in the background.
Description
A view of the freestanding octagonal Qubbat Sulayman or Dome of Solomon. It dates from the 12th-13th century, and legend associates it with the place where Solomon prayed after the building of the Jewish Temple, and also where Jesus instructed the doctors of the Law (Luke 2: 46-47).
Image Notes
Photograph created 1977. Photograph processed April 1977. Formerly cataloged as B01.080. No notes written on the slide or index.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
Keywords
Dome of Solomon, Dome, King Faisal's Gate, Gates of the Temple Mount, Gate, Arches, Thirteenth Century, Mamluk, Temple Mount
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