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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.10357#0084
JERUSALEM.
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The " Sakhra" or Rock, which occupies the centre of the building, is overhung by a
canopy and surrounded by a rude wooden railing. It rises four feet nine and a half inches
THE FACADE OF THE MOSQUE EL AKSA, JERUSALEM.
An old olive-tree in the foreground.
above the marble pavement of the mosque at its highest point, and one foot at its
lowest; from north to south it measures fifty-six feet, and from east to west forty-two feet.
Beneath the rock there is a small cave (see page 60), the entrance to which is at the
61
The " Sakhra" or Rock, which occupies the centre of the building, is overhung by a
canopy and surrounded by a rude wooden railing. It rises four feet nine and a half inches
THE FACADE OF THE MOSQUE EL AKSA, JERUSALEM.
An old olive-tree in the foreground.
above the marble pavement of the mosque at its highest point, and one foot at its
lowest; from north to south it measures fifty-six feet, and from east to west forty-two feet.
Beneath the rock there is a small cave (see page 60), the entrance to which is at the