1870s Al-Aqsa Entry and Courtyard Vintage Framed Photo Reprint Saint Sarkis Monastic Complex ushering this style of architecture

ushering this style of architecture

despite falling to the Mamluks in 1291

especially when it’s high quality and made of recycled materials

This is the only original Roman gate (Gate of the Sun) still standing and is the eastern entry way of the Street Called Straight (الشارع المستقيم) and the Old City of Damascus

1870s Al-Aqsa Entry and Courtyard Vintage Framed Photo Reprint Saint Sarkis Monastic Complex ushering this style of architectureThis 1870s photo beautifully captures the serenity of the Al Aqsa Mosque (or Qibli Mosque ) courtyard and triple arched entry. You can see worshippers (likely) listening to the Imam's recitations and can imagine the wind blowing through the trees. Photo is by Felix Bonfils between 1870 1879. This revered site in the Old City of Jerusalem ( ()), Palestine is located in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound ( ), also known as al aram al Sharif ( ) which also