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Four gates face the cardinal points of the compass , with inscriptions on the lintels dating from the year 830 . When the building is entered — and Christians have been at liberty to enter it since the Crimean War : a privilege not ...
Four gates face the cardinal points of the compass , with inscriptions on the lintels dating from the year 830 . When the building is entered — and Christians have been at liberty to enter it since the Crimean War : a privilege not ...
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... and only a few courses of its stone belong to the wall of an ancient date . Anund the walls are thirty - four towers , and in the walls are seven gates , five open and two closed — the former are the Jaffa CITIES OF THE WORLD .
... and only a few courses of its stone belong to the wall of an ancient date . Anund the walls are thirty - four towers , and in the walls are seven gates , five open and two closed — the former are the Jaffa CITIES OF THE WORLD .
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Te of which belong to the Greeks , five to the Latins , four to the Armenians , Porn * ** W ! : KB . 199. A low doorway leads into the second chamber , the Holy Sepulchre . * i bigos biliare disapel , “ being only six feet by seven ...
Te of which belong to the Greeks , five to the Latins , four to the Armenians , Porn * ** W ! : KB . 199. A low doorway leads into the second chamber , the Holy Sepulchre . * i bigos biliare disapel , “ being only six feet by seven ...
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About four or five feet from this spot is the Rent in the Rock said to have been made at the time of the Crucifixion , and reaching to the centre of the earth . The rent is covered over with a brass slide and a grating , but when these ...
About four or five feet from this spot is the Rent in the Rock said to have been made at the time of the Crucifixion , and reaching to the centre of the earth . The rent is covered over with a brass slide and a grating , but when these ...
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One stone seventy - five feet above the foundation is thirty - eight feet four inches long , three and a half high , and seven feet wide . Close by is the celebrated spring of the arch known as Robinson's Arch , which connected the ...
One stone seventy - five feet above the foundation is thirty - eight feet four inches long , three and a half high , and seven feet wide . Close by is the celebrated spring of the arch known as Robinson's Arch , which connected the ...
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| Title | Cities of the world, Volume 3 Cities of the world, Edwin Hodder |
| Author | Edwin Hodder |
| Published | 1881 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2006 |
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