The Street called Straight in Damascus
Plate 36: The Street called Straight in Damascus
A view down the Street called Straight towards the Bab Sharqi gate. The buildings on each side of the streets are in ruins, the results of the devastating massacre and riots that took place in 1860 as tensions between the Druze and Christian populations in Damascus peaked.
Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
Day & Son
London (England)
English
Streets
Cities and towns
Cities and towns in the Bible
Ruins
War
Gates
Christians
Druzes
History
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Damascus (Syria)
Syria
Nineteenth century
Acts 9
9.4 x 12.5 cm (approx.)
Still image
photographs
albumen prints
The Holy Land, Egypt, Constantinople, Athens : a series of forty-eight photographs
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