Jerusalem. View of the barrack of the Haram es-Sherif, Temple Mount.

Barrack, Haram es-Sherif, Holy, Land, Levante, Jerusalem, Ermete Pierotti,
PLATE XIV. View of the barrack of the Haram es-Sherif.

PLATE XIV.

VIEW OF THE BARRACK OF THE HARAM ES-SHERIF.

  1. Barrack of the Haram es-Sherif
  2. Northern corner of the Tower Antonia, according to Pierotti.
  3. Houses of the time of Saladin.
  4. Entrance to the Haram es-Sherif
  5. Mosque of the Little Sakharah.
  6. Bevelled rock.

Source: Jerusalem Explored. Being a description of the ancient and modern city, with numerous illustrations consisting of views, ground plans, and sections by Ermete Pierotti; translated by Thomas George Bonney (Fellow of St Johns College, Cambridge). London: Bell and Daldy; Cambridge: Deighton, Bell and Co. 1864.

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