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Dome (s) 1. The Dome of the Rock ( Arabic: قبة الصخرة, romanized : Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḵra) is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically attested religious structure to be ...
The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism, [9] [10] [a] and where two Jewish temples once stood. [12] [13] [14] According to Jewish tradition and scripture, [15] the First Temple was built by King Solomon, the son of King David, in 957 BCE, and was destroyed by the Neo-Babylonian Empire, together with Jerusalem, in 587 BCE.
The Foundation Stone ( Hebrew: אֶבֶן הַשְּׁתִיָּה, romanized : ʾEḇen haŠeṯīyyā, lit. 'Foundation Stone'), or the Noble Rock ( Arabic: الصخرة المشرفة, romanized : al-Saḵrah al-Mušarrafah, lit. 'The Noble Stone') is the rock at the center of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. It is also known as the ...
Temple Mount entry restrictions. A sign by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel warns that entering the site goes against the Halakha (Jewish religious law). The entry restrictions for tourists, showing opening times and a Rabbinic warning. At present, the Government of Israel controls access to the Temple Mount, also known as Al-Aqsa Mosque compound ...
The Aqsa Mosque ( Arabic: جامع الأقصى, romanized : Jāmiʿ al-Aqṣā, lit. ' congregational mosque of Al-Aqsa '), also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel ( المصلى القبلي, al-muṣallā al-qiblī, lit. 'prayer hall of the qibla (south)' ), [2] is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque ...
The Dome of the Rock is regarded as occupying the actual space where the Second Temple once stood, but some scholars disagree and instead claim that the Temple was located either just north of the Dome of the Rock, or about 200 meters south of it, with access to the Gihon fresh water spring, or perhaps between the Dome of the Rock and the Al ...
Templum Domini. Knights Templar Seal of the Crusader period, showing the Dome of the Rock on the reverse. [1] The Templum Domini [2] [3] ( Vulgate translation of Hebrew: הֵיכָל יְהֹוָה "Temple of the Lord ") was the name attributed by the Crusaders to the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. [4] It became an important symbol of Jerusalem ...
Excavations in the area represent one of the more sensitive areas of all archaeological excavations in Jerusalem . The term Temple Mount usually refers to the artificially expanded platform at the top of the natural hill and the compound situated there. The compound is delineated by four ancient retaining walls, and is of high religious ...