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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.
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
Keywords
mosque, Jerusalem, Islamic architecture
Notes
Kuhnel, Ernst. Islamic Art & Architecture. (New York: Cornell University Press, 1966) pp. 35