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... Dome of the Rock , an octagonal building , each of the eight sides being sixty - eight feet in length , covered with richly - coloured porcelain tiles , in which blue predominates ; and above , a frieze of tiles running round the whole ...
... Dome of the Rock , an octagonal building , each of the eight sides being sixty - eight feet in length , covered with richly - coloured porcelain tiles , in which blue predominates ; and above , a frieze of tiles running round the whole ...
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... Dome of the Rock , it will be sufficient if we mention only a few . In the cavern they point out the praying - places of Abraham , David , Solomon , Elijah , and Mohammed . On the floor of the cavern is a slab of stone covering the Well ...
... Dome of the Rock , it will be sufficient if we mention only a few . In the cavern they point out the praying - places of Abraham , David , Solomon , Elijah , and Mohammed . On the floor of the cavern is a slab of stone covering the Well ...
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... Dome of the Rock is the Dome of the Chain , or David's Place of Judgment - an elegant structure supported by antique columns of different designs , paved with costly mosaics , and surmounted with a dome said by Moslems to have been the ...
... Dome of the Rock is the Dome of the Chain , or David's Place of Judgment - an elegant structure supported by antique columns of different designs , paved with costly mosaics , and surmounted with a dome said by Moslems to have been the ...
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... Dome - Giotto's Campanile - Church of San Lorenzo - Baptistery of St. John -The Gates of Paradise - Santa Croce -Dante - Galileo Galilei - Machiavelli - Church of the Carmine - Santa Maria Maggiore -SS . Annunziata Santo Spirito ...
... Dome - Giotto's Campanile - Church of San Lorenzo - Baptistery of St. John -The Gates of Paradise - Santa Croce -Dante - Galileo Galilei - Machiavelli - Church of the Carmine - Santa Maria Maggiore -SS . Annunziata Santo Spirito ...
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... Dome of the Rock - The Cave - Holy Places of the Moslems - The Mosque El - Aksa - The Dome of the Chain - The Place of Judgment - The Golden Gate - The Throne of Solomon - The First Explorer - Recent Explorations - The Cradle of Christ ...
... Dome of the Rock - The Cave - Holy Places of the Moslems - The Mosque El - Aksa - The Dome of the Chain - The Place of Judgment - The Golden Gate - The Throne of Solomon - The First Explorer - Recent Explorations - The Cradle of Christ ...
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