Slide Title

Jerusalem: Western Wall, al’Aqsa Mosque, and the Dome of the Rock

Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

3-1980

Description

This 1980 photograph shows the Western Wall, al’Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. The Western Wall is also known as the Wailing Wall because of the intense emotions stirred by its history. All these sites are enclosed by the Noble Sanctuary, and are important sites in both the Judaic and Islamic traditions.

RIAMCO Link

Finding Aid on RIAMCO to Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications

Notes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Wall (accessed 28 Oct 2011)

http://www.noblesanctuary.com/ (accessed 28 Oct 2011)

Kuhnel, Ernst. Islamic Art & Architecture. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1966) pp. 35, 88

Rights

This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Subject Headings

Western Wall (Jerusalem); Architecture -- Religious architecture -- Israel -- Jerusalem; Architecture, Islamic; Mosques -- Israel -- Jerusalem;

Country Name

Israel

City Name

Jerusalem

Recommended Citation

Smolski, Chet, "Jerusalem: Western Wall, al’Aqsa Mosque, and the Dome of the Rock" (1980). Browse All. 712.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/712