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![Canea, Crete - from the roof of the Greek church [showing minaret of mosque]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTgvMDEvMDEvY2FuZWEtY3JldGUtZnJvbS10aGUtcm9vZi1vZi10aGUtZ3JlZWstY2h1cmNoLXNob3dpbmctbWluYXJldC1vZi1tb3NxdWUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/350/jpg "Canea, Crete - from the roof of the Greek church [showing minaret of mosque]")
![[Entrance to Street of Cairo section of the Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvZW50cmFuY2UtdG8tc3RyZWV0LW9mLWNhaXJvLXNlY3Rpb24tb2YtdGhlLW1pZHdheS1hdC10aGUtd29ybGRzLWNvbHVtYmlhbi1leHBvc2l0aW9uLWI1MTc4NS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Entrance to Street of Cairo section of the Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois]")
![Crowds on the roof of the Greek convent. Holy Fire celebration [Church of the Holy Sepulchre]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzQvMDEvMDEvY3Jvd2RzLW9uLXRoZS1yb29mLW9mLXRoZS1ncmVlay1jb252ZW50LWhvbHktZmlyZS1jZWxlYnJhdGlvbi1jaHVyY2gtb2YtdGhlLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "Crowds on the roof of the Greek convent. Holy Fire celebration [Church of the Holy Sepulchre]")
![Aged Cretan priest receiving his food check [from] Ladies' Relief Corps, Athens, Greece](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTcvMDEvMDEvYWdlZC1jcmV0YW4tcHJpZXN0LXJlY2VpdmluZy1oaXMtZm9vZC1jaGVjay1mcm9tLWxhZGllcy1yZWxpZWYtY29ycHMtYXRoZW5zLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/43/webp "Aged Cretan priest receiving his food check [from] Ladies' Relief Corps, Athens, Greece")
![[Arched entranceway to a mosque with minaret]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvYXJjaGVkLWVudHJhbmNld2F5LXRvLWEtbW9zcXVlLXdpdGgtbWluYXJldC02NDAuanBn/40/39/webp "[Arched entranceway to a mosque with minaret]")
![Justinian's Church on temple area. On site of mosque, same bld'g [i.e., building]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTgvMDEvMDEvanVzdGluaWFucy1jaHVyY2gtb24tdGVtcGxlLWFyZWEtb24tc2l0ZS1vZi1tb3NxdWUtc2FtZS1ibGRnLWllLWJ1aWxkaW5nLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "Justinian's Church on temple area. On site of mosque, same bld'g [i.e., building]")
