Dome of Solomon

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.

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General Location Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif
Camera Location Dome of Solomon from Southwest
Precision Estimated
Angle 50 degrees NE