Northern Arches
Audio Narration
Landmark Location:
Located across the road leading to the Gate of Honor of the Prophets.
Landmark Location relative to Dome of the rock:
Located on the north side of the Rock’s nave.
Landmark History:
It was demolished during the Crusader period and rebuilt in the Mamluk period during the Sultan’s reign Mohammed bin Qalawun.
Builder Name:
Dating back to the Umayyad era.
Details of the shape:
-They are two great arches in the two ends and two columns in center, consisting of three entrances.
-Mentioned by Ibn al-Faqih and Nasir Khusro in the name of Maqam Al-Shami. Khosro said, fifty years before the Crusader occupation, that Almakam Alshami is greater than the other arches, indicating that they were composed of five or six entrances during the Aphrodite occupation. The traveler Yohana said that the northern side of the nave had no stairs and arches, but built upon them monasteries of the priests.
An Overview of the Landmark:
The Northern Arches are located on the road that links Sharaf Al-Anbiya’a Gate with the Rock’s nave. It was demolished during the Crusader period and rebuilt in the Mamluk period during the Sultan’s reign Mohammed bin Qalawoun. They are two great arches in the two ends and two columns in center, consisting of three entrances. They were mentioned by Ibn al-Faqih and Nasir Khusro in the name of Maqam Al-Shami. Khosro said, fifty years before the Crusader occupation, that Almakam Alshami is greater than the other arches, indicating that they were composed of five or six entrances during the Aphrodite occupation. The traveler Yohana said that the northern side of the nave had no stairs and arches, but built upon them monasteries of the priests.
