1619-6 The Temple Mount

1619-6 The Temple Mount

1619. JERUSALEM – AERIAL VIEW WITH THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN THE CENTER. HERE STOOD HEROD’S MAGNIFICENT TEMPLE (THE ‘SECOND’ TEMPLE) ON THE SPOT ON WHICH BY JEWISH TRADITION ABRAHAM WAS ASKED BY GOD TO SACRIFICE ISAAC. TODAY THE ‘DOME OF THE ROCK’ MOSQUE