Keystone View Company
1900 (or earlier)
11397- Jerusalem, the Center of Christian History, Seen West from tower on Olivet, Palestine.
[Palestine, PL31]

Stereocard
UCR - University of California, Riverside
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold M. Gilbert, Accession Number: 1982.0045.0002.0031
 
11397 / JERUSALEM, WEST FROM TOWER ON OLIVET / From the Mount of Olives we noticed the tower of a Russian church, a landmark seen miles away in almost every direction. We have crossed the city and our present position is in this tower, the most lofty point from which a view of Jerusalem may be had. To reach it, it is necessary to climb the two hundred and fourteen steps inside the tower of this Russian church. / You perceive that the buildings directly beneath us are new; they are connected with the Russian Orthodox (Greek) Church. Beyond is a wretched Mohammedan village, mostly inhabited by unfortunate beggars. Notice the irregular wall, almost a circle, surrounding the village mosque. / We cannot see the western slope of the Mount of Olives, but we look across the valley below and see the eastern declivity of Mount Moriah, and the long quadrangle of the Temple enclosure; in Arabic called the Haram es Sherif, or Noble Sanctuary. Look at the eastern wall of the Temple and the city, and notice how the level of the Temple platform rises above that part of the city surrounding it. / On the extreme left of the platform you see the Mosque el-Aksa; directly in the middle, the octagonal Dome of the Rock. You can also very easily see the closed-up Golden Gate in the east wall of theh city with a pathway inside the wall leading to it, and if the head of that Arab up here on the balcony were not directly in our way, we might also see the Pool of Bethesda, where Jesus cured a cripple. In the distance you see the hills of Judea, which for a natural rampart on the west of the city. / Copyright by The Keystone View Company.
 
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