Jerusalem: Old City, South Wall (detail)

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Dublin Core

Title

Jerusalem: Old City, South Wall (detail)

Description

This photograph shows the south wall near the Jaffa Gate. The south wall borders the Jewish quarter in Old City Jerusalem. The present walls were built during the Ottoman empire in the sixteenth century, but the city has historically been fortified by walls since ancient times.

Creator

Chester Smolski

Date

1980-03-01

Rights

Rhode Island College

Format

Photograph
Photograph

Identifier

1003

Smolski Image Item Type Metadata

City

Jerusalem

Country

Israel

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Walls--Jerusalem; Architecture -- Historicism in Architecture;