Dome of the Rock pictures from israel photos on webshots

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In album: Jerusalem - the Old City (Jewish an...

In Webshots channel: travel
Tags: Jerusalem, Old City, Israel, see more...
Date uploaded: Jan 30, 2008

In 1955 an extensive program of renovation was begun by the government of Jordan, with funds supplied by the Arab governments and Turkey. The work included replacement of large numbers of tiles dating back to the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, which had become dislodged by heavy rain. In 1960, as part of this restoration, the dome was covered with a durable aluminium and bronze alloy made in Italy. The restoration was completed in August 1964. In 1998 the golden dome covering was refurbished following a donation of $8.2 million by King Hussein of Jordan who sold one of his houses in London to fund the 80 kilograms of gold required.

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Uploaded:: Jan 30, 2008
Taken on:: Dec 13, 2007

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Make:: Canon
Model:: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
F stop:: F/4.0
Exposure:: 1/1000 sec.
Focal length:: 58.7 mm
Metering mode:: pattern (5)
Dimensions:: 1600x1200
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- Fabulous idea to capture of the top of the dome! Amazing... all that gold!
- said dianeaub
- 2008.06.24 at 16:54:52 PDT
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- My friend, this really attracts me so much to start seeing your another wonderful album. I love this!
- said csfoto
- 2008.03.15 at 02:39:15 PDT
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- The blue really makes the gold POP! Very nice!
- said catmonster1969
- 2008.03.05 at 14:14:01 PST
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- Again, I like the colors
- said enemaria100
- 2008.03.05 at 09:44:29 PST
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- Very generous of him...
- said arina223
- 2008.03.04 at 05:51:35 PST
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