Interior of the Dome of the Rock Watercolor by Carl Frederich Heinrich Werner (1808-1894). Until 1833, the interior of the Dome of the Rock hadn’t been drawn since non-Muslims were not allowed to enter the mosque. Victoria and Albert Museum- Dome of the Rock See also- Dome of the Rock, 688
Imperial Monogram made in Mosaics from the Hagia Sophia. Abdülmecid I was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1839 to 1861. Hagia Sophia Museum Guide See also- Hagia Sophia, 532 CE
Galileo Galilei In 1610 Galileo published an account of his telescopic observations of the moons of Jupiter, using this observation to argue in favor of the sun-centered, Copernican theory of the universe against the dominant earth-centered Ptolemaic and Aristotelian theories.
Drawing of Jerusalem Jerusalem, drawing by Salomon Schweigger, 1581. Schur, Nathan. Twenty Centuries of Christian Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Tel Aviv- Dvir Publishing House, 1992.
Battle of Lepanto (artist unknown) On October 7, 1571 a galley fleet of the Holy League decisively defeated the main fleet of Ottoman war galleys. The Holy League consisted of a coalition of- The Republic of Venice The Papacy (under Pope Pius V) Spain (including Naples, Sicily and Sardinia) The Republic of Genoa The Duchy […]
Pilgrims arrested by Turkish authorities in Palestine Pilgrims Arrested, by Melchior von Seydlitz, 1556. “The Travels of Martin Baumgarten,” in Churchill’s Voyages, London 1704, p. 469- “We had not got far from the city when there comes a Mameluke and falls like thunder upon one of our company who was riding on an ass, and […]
Exterior of the North Wall of the City, East of the Damascus Gate. From Photographs of the Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem, Charles W. Wilson, 1865. The walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt by Suleiman the Magnificent in the years 1536 to 1541, apparently in response to the threat posed by the Emperor Charles V after his […]
Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was the first astronomer to formulate a scientifically based heliocentric cosmology. In 1533 Copernicus presented his hypothesis of heliocentricity to Pope Clement VII.
Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman the Magnificent gave the Jews a firman (decree) recognizing right of Jews to the Western Wall and designates it as the Jews’ place of worship. Ben-Dov, Meir, et al. The Western Wall. Jerusalem- Ministry of Defence Publishing House, 1983.
Damascus Gate from Photographs of the Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem, Charles W. Wilson, 1865. The Damascus Gate was constructed by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1538 on top of the ancient Aelia Capotilna Gate (built c. 135 CE, as part of Hadrian’s transformation of Jerusalem into a Roman city). The Crusaders built a gate above the […]