Greatest Monument of History: Western Wall & Hagia Sophia
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2010-12-26 00:04:56
The western wall is also known by Arabs as Halt-Al-Buraq, is located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the western side of the Temple mount.
(OPENPRESS) December 26, 2010 -- The western wall is also known by Arabs as Halt-Al-Buraq, is located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the western side of the Temple mount. It is a footprint of the ancient wall that surrounded the Jewish Temple's courtyard and is one of the most sacred sites in Judaism outside of the temple mount itself. This place is the most holy place accessible to the Jewish people because the Muslim control of the temple mounts. In the recent centuries as the "Wailing Wall" this was built by Herod the great as he maintains the wall of the temple mount complex. In 1967, when Israel captured the Old city, the plaza was created as an area for prayer when Israel captured the Old City in 1967. It is so huge that at times tens of thousands of people gather there for prayer. It has been a site for Jewish prayer and pilgrimage for centuries, the earliest source mentioning Jewish attachment to the site dating.
Hagia Sophia greatest monuments of Byzantium, Hagia Sophia was built in the 6th century, but Hagia Sophia's exterior does not present the characteristics of that century. If you visit this monument you will find the buttresses built to support the outer walls to ensure their endurance over the centuries, and the changes made during the Turkish era. it was used as a mosque for almost five hundred years after 1453. Hagia Sophia has a great history; but unfortunately nothing remains of the original, which was built on this site in the fourth century by Constantine the great. The first emperor and the founder of the city of Constantinople was Constantine; he was calling the city as "the New Rome". He has built many beautiful churches in several great churches:The Hagia Sophia was one them. After him, whatever the destruction of Constantine's church was built by son of Constantine; Constantius and the emperor Theodosius the great.
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