Con oltre 5000 anni di storia turbolenta alle spalle, Yerushalayim (Gerusalemme) è una delle città più antiche del mondo. In modo unico, è sacro per tre
3651 x 4901 px | 30,9 x 41,5 cm | 12,2 x 16,3 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
13 novembre 2022
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With over 5000 years of turbulent history behind it, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) is one of the oldest cities in the world. Uniquely, it is sacred to three great monotheist, Abrahamic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This remains a source of much conflict. Here we see two orthodox gentlemen passing through security gates into the most holy site in Judaism - the Western Wall, previously known as the Wailing Wall before its reconquest by Israel. It is also sacred to Muslims. The walls are the last ruins remaining of the great Solomonic Temple of Antiquity, and Jews come from around the world to pray here. The ones in all black - like these folk - are Orthodox (often Hasid) or ultra-Orthodox (Haredi). They often have beards or sidelocks, and may wear distinct items of religious clothing such as tallit (black and white prayer shawl with tsitsit - fringes), kippah (skull cap) and tefillin (phylactaries or leather boxes containing fragments of the holy Torah).
