Jerusalem: Eastern Wall, Jewish Cemetery, Church of Mary Magdalene

Jerusalem: Eastern Wall, Jewish Cemetery, Church of Mary Magdalene

This photograph shows the North East section of the Eastern Wall in Jerusalem. At the left is the Golden Gate, dating from the 7th century AD. The Golden Gate is significant in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions.

At the left of the photograph the Church of Mary Magdalene, designed by Russian architect David Grimm and completed in 1886, peaks over the Mount of Olives, where this photograph was taken. The foreground shows a Jewish cemetery that dates back three millennia.

Chester Smolski

1980-03-01

Rhode Island College

Photograph

Photograph

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Jerusalem

Israel

David Grimm

1823-1898

Architect

Architecture -- Historicism in architecture -- Israel -- Jerusalem; Architecture -- Religious architecture -- Israel -- Jerusalem;