Slide Title
Preview

Date
Spring 3-1980
Description
The Mount of Olives is another highly religious geological point in Israel. Named for the multitude of olive trees that used to habituate the area, the Mount of Olives spans a length of around 2 miles and has its highest point at 818 meters. Several architectural highlights along the space include: the Dome of the Ascension, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Church of Mary Magdalene, and the Dominus Flevit Church. The Mount of Olives is also a holy Jewish cemetery that consists of approximately 150,000 graves. The royal burial ground for important religious and political figures lies at the foot of the Mount near the Silwan village.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Subject Headings
Architecture -- Religious architecture -- Israel -- Jerusalem; Jerusalem in Christianity; Mount of Olives (Jerusalem);
Country Name
Israel
City Name
Jerusalem
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet, "Jerusalem: The Mount of Olives (Landscape)" (1980). Browse All. 749.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/749
Keywords
Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, religious architecture, historic sites
Notes
http://www.shatz.com/english/mount_of_olives/
(accessed 10 Nov 2011)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives
(accessed 10 Nov 2011)
Yadin, Yigael. Jerusalem Revealed. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1975) p. 40