The Nauvoo Temple faces west because it was aligned with the direction of the rising sun on the date of the anniversary of the founding of the LDS Church. This alignment symbolizes the rising up of a new day and the restoration of the gospel.
Nauvoo Temple was created in 1846.
Nauvoo Illinois Temple was created in 2002.
On Sacred Ground - 2006 The Nauvoo Temple and the Last Charge 1-7 was released on: USA: 23 November 2008
The opening was on the east, with the Holy of Holies to the west.
The first temple in Illinois was in Nauvoo, which was built in the 1840's. It was destroyed by fire in 1848 and rebuilt in 2002. There is also a temple near Chicago. You can read about the Navuoo temple here: www.ldschurchtemples.com/nauvoo and the Chicago temple here: www.ldschurchtemples.com/chicago
They face the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel (Talmud, Berakhot 30a). In America and Europe, that means they face east. But in Northern Israel, for instance, they face south, in Russia they'd face west, and in Africa they'd face north.This is because the Temple was the center of Jewish worship from the time of King Solomon (First Temple) until the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.
The address of the Nauvoo Public Library is: 1270 Mulholland Street, Nauvoo, 62354 0276
Temple West died in 1757.
yes it can face a temple, but it shold not cross the height of the temple.
Yes, Nauvoo is pretty
The Kirtland, Nauvoo, St. George, Logan, and Manti temples were completed before the Salt Lake Temple, which was not dedicated until 1893.
Richard Temple West was born in 1827.