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Mosquée Aksa, Al- Aqsa Mosque
The photograph shows the Al-Aqsa Mosque. At the bottom of the print there is a manuscript caption in german "Aksa mochee [sic] früher Marien - Kirshe", that is "Al-Aqsa Mosque, once the Chruch of Mary". In the 6th century, infact, the site was home to a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary., Title f ...
Mosquée d'Omar vue du Sud, Mosque Of Omar from South
The photograph shows the south side of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. At the bottom of the print there is a manuscript caption in german "Omar mochee [sic] an Stelle des alten Tempels.", that is "Mosque Of Omar in place of the Old Temple". Between 516 BC and 70 CE the site in fact was occupied by the Second Te ...