1275-7 El Aqsa mosque

1275. THE MOSQUE OF EL-AQSA ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT. FIRST BUILT IN 7TH. C. BY THE UMAYAD, THE CRUSADERS TURNED IT INTO A CHURCH. AFTER THE MUSLEM CONQUEST OF JERUSALEM, IN THE 12TH. C. IT BECAME JERUSALEMS CENTRAL MOSQUE

Photograph by Zev Radovan