It is constructed of large buttressed walls | They are only seen by introducing a light across three small openings in the wall of the chamber |
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This was superseded by a -built church in 1160 | records that "his disciples came and took away [John's] body and buried it" |
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4Nabi Yahya refers to John the Baptist in the | The mosque was restored and mostly rebuilt during the 19th century while was under rule |
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The interior length is 158 feet, the breadth 74 feet; the west wall is 10 feet thick, the north wall 8 feet, the south wall 4 feet | It was transformed into a mosque by in 1187, although some sources say it was converted by the in 1261 |
It is the main in the village of , near.
2" Ottoman rebuilding [ ] A sign in the mosque, 2018 In 1892, ordered the rebuilding of part of the site | In 1870, the French explorer visited the place, and noted: "At the western extremity of the monument rises a sanctuary crowned by a little pierced with narrow windows, which admit a feeble light into the which it covers |
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On the east are three to and aisles, the central apse is 30 feet in diameter, equal to the width of the nave | According to an ancient tradition, one of these compartments is the tomb of St |
There were six , of which the second from the east is larger, probably once supporting a dome.
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