Slide Title

Jerusalem: al’Aqsa Mosque, View from the Dome of the Rock

Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

3-1980

Description

Al’Aqsa Mosque translates to, “the furthest mosque.” First built in 702, and rebuilt again in 780, this mosque in Jerusalem reused parts from a Justinian period church. Since it’s being rebuilt in 780, it has undergone many alterations. This photograph shows the mosque back lit by the sun from the courtyard surrounding the Dome of the Rock.

Notes

Kuhnel, Ernst. Islamic Art & Architecture. (New York: Cornell University Press, 1966) pp. 35

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Subject Headings

Architecture -- Religious architecture -- Israel -- Jerusalem; Architecture, Islamic; Mosques -- Israel -- Jerusalem;

Country Name

Israel

City Name

Jerusalem

Recommended Citation

Smolski, Chet, "Jerusalem: al’Aqsa Mosque, View from the Dome of the Rock" (1980). Smolski Images. 704.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/704