#historyweek

“I came; I saw; I conquered.” 

"Dome of the Rock was completed in 691 CE under the Umayyad Empire by Abd al-Malik. The original dome collapsed in 1015 CE but was rebuilt by 1022-23. It is one of the oldest pieces of Islamic Architecture and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is also considered as Jerusalem’s most recognizable landmark along with the Western Wall and Church of the Holy Sepulchre." 

“[The painting] was a shimmering gold masterpiece, painted a century earlier, by the artistic heretic Gustav Klimt. It was a portrait of a Viennese society beauty, Adele Bloch-Bauer.”

“The Sufi Shepard Kaldi was said to have noticed that his sheep were more excited then usually, and followed them to see what they were eating. It was when he took them to a Sufi monk, who threw the coffee beans in the fire when their embers was put in hot water; and first cup of hot coffee was born in 850 AD.” 

↳ Saladin 

The Sheela Na Gig (taken 20-May)

War Graves in the churchyard (taken 20-May)

Medieval graffiti in the church: post 2 of 2