. Peter Parley's kaleidoscope : or, Parlor pleasure book : consisting of gleanings from many fields of the curious, the beautiful, and the wonderful . : ?: A. THE S HEINE OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLT SEPULCHRE. most magnificent edifice in Jerusalem is called the Mosque ofOmar, which consists, in fact, of a collection of mosques and chapels,environed with, a vast enclosure. It is upon the site of the ancientTemple. One of the chapels, called the Rock, is an octagon ofone hundred and sixty feet in diameter, rising from a platformfour hundred and sixty feet long by three hundred and thirty-ninebroad
. Peter Parley's kaleidoscope : or, Parlor pleasure book : consisting of gleanings from many fields of the curious, the beautiful, and the wonderful . : ?: A. THE S HEINE OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLT SEPULCHRE. most magnificent edifice in Jerusalem is called the Mosque ofOmar, which consists, in fact, of a collection of mosques and chapels,environed with, a vast enclosure. It is upon the site of the ancientTemple. One of the chapels, called the Rock, is an octagon ofone hundred and sixty feet in diameter, rising from a platformfour hundred and sixty feet long by three hundred and thirty-ninebroad, with a marble pavement, raised sixteen feet; its interior isdecorated with great splendor, and is always illuminated withthousands of lamps. Several Christian edifices adorn the holy city. Among these,are the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, said to be built upon thespot where the body of Jesus was entombed ; the Catholic con-vent of St. Savior, in the church of which gold and silvervessels and ornaments valued at nearly two million dollars : andthe Armenian convent, with more than eight hundred cells for7 i ! I 98 JERUSALEM. the accommodation of p
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