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El Escorial was designed to emulate Solomon's Temple. Biblical descriptions of the temple have inspired modern replicas and influenced later structures around the world. El Escorial, a historical residence of the King of Spain built in the 16th century was constructed from a plan based on the descriptions of Solomon's temple. [114]
The walls are quartz monzonite (which has the appearance of granite) from Little Cottonwood Canyon, located twenty miles (thirty-two kilometres) southeast of the temple. It is the largest temple in the church, featuring a large underground area. The walls of the Temple are nine feet thick at the base and six feet thick at the top.
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Floor plan of the Nauvoo Temple first floor "Great Hall" and vestibule. A flight of eight broad steps led to a landing where two more steps entered three archways. These archways led to the vestibule, the formal entrance to the temple. The archways were approximately 9 ft (2.7 m) wide and 21 ft (6.4 m) high.
The Hamburg temple model is an architectural model of the Temple of Solomon in the Baroque style currently located at the Hamburg Museum. It covers an area of about 12 square metres (130 sq ft) and is made from wood.
The Ain Dara temple is a destroyed Iron Age Syro-Hittite temple noted for its similarities to Solomon's Temple, also known as the "First Temple in Jerusalem", as described in the Hebrew Bible. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is located near the village of Ain Dara , in Afrin District , Syria .
inspired by Solomon's Temple, no spire. Prairie-style and Columbian Hyrum Pope and Harold Burton 6 Operating Cardston Alberta Temple: June 27, 1913 Joseph F. Smith: November 13, 1913 Daniel Kent Greene Tours offered, 1920–23 June 6–15, 1991 (after renovation) August 26, 1923 Heber J. Grant: Hyrum Pope and Harold W. Burton: F. Brent Thomas [6] 7
El Escorial: floor plan, based on that of Solomon's Temple. The floor plan of the building is in the form of a gridiron. The traditional belief is that this design was chosen in honor of Saint Lawrence, [8] who, in the third century AD, was martyred by being roasted to death on a grill.