Image Title: View of Jerusalem from Mount of Olives

Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "This picture is taken from the vest side of the Mount of Olives near a ruin that tradition points out as the place where "when He was come near, He beheld the city, and wept over it. "(Luke19:421) From here one has his finest view of Jerusalem and cannot wonder that from this eminence the disciples looked upon the city with admiration.

Viewed from the Mount of Olives, the city presents an imposing appearance. the wall of the city is thirty-eight feet high, has seven gates and thirty four towers, and is two and one-fifths miles around. The walls ascending sharply from the valley give to the town an appearance of great strength. The town within the walls covers 209 acres, but the city extends outward in several directions, especially to the west and north.

Below this viewpoint, to the left, is the Russian church in their Garden of Gethsemane. Immediately below that and to the right where are seen several tall cypress trees is the Latin Garden of Gethsemane. The road at the extreme right of the picture is the one leading down from the St.Stephens gate where the Nebi Musa Pilgrimage is see. At almost the central point of the picture may be seen the two arches of the golden Gate in the eastern wall of Jerusalem. the open space beyond the wall is the temple area where Solomon;s temple stood. The Platform, raised sixteen feet above the surrounding area, in the center of which is the octagonal Mosque of Omar with its large dome, is clearly noticeable. The high, modern-looking tower seen beyond and a little to the right of the Mosque of Omar belongs to the German Church of the Redeemer, finished in 1898."

Original Format: Lantern slides

Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides

Item Number: P217:set 010 017

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