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The Temple Mount is the place where past Jewish temples are commonly believed to have stood, which places it, along with the nearby Western Wall, among the holiest sites in Judaism.
- Gates of The Temple Mount
The Temple Mount viewed from southeast Map of the Temple...
- Foundation Stone
Location. The rock is located towards the centre of the...
- Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Aqsa Mosque (Arabic: جامع الأقصى, romanized: Jāmiʿ...
- Waqf
A waqf (Arabic: وَقْف; , plural awqaf أَوْقَاف), also called...
- Dome on The Rock
Built 688–692, expanded 820s, restored 1020s, 1545–1566,...
- Second Temple
Public access. Limited; see Temple Mount entry restrictions....
- Gates of The Temple Mount
The Temple in Jerusalem, or alternatively the Holy Temple (Hebrew: בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, Modern: Bēt haMīqdaš, Tiberian: Bēṯ hamMīqdāš; Arabic: بيت المقدس, Bayt al-Maqdis), refers to the two religious structures that served as the central places of worship for Israelites and Jews on the modern-day Temple Mount ...
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Built 688–692, expanded 820s, restored 1020s, 1545–1566, 1721/2, 1817, 1874/5, 1959–1962, 1993. 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.
The Temple Mount is the trapezoid-shaped, walled-in area in the southeastern corner of the Old City of Jerusalem. The four walls surrounding it date back – at least in their lower parts – to the time of the Second Jewish Temple, built at the end of the first century BCE.
May 7, 2024 · Temple Mount, site of the Temple of Jerusalem, which was destroyed by the Romans on the 9th/10th of Av in 70 ce (see Tisha be-Av). It consists of a raised platform that, since the 7th century, has been home to the Islamic holy sites of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Public access. Limited; see Temple Mount entry restrictions. The Second Temple ( Hebrew: בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי Bēṯ hamMīqdāš hašŠēnī, transl. 'Second House of the Sanctum' ), later known as Herod's Temple, was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem between c. 516 BCE and 70 CE.
Temple of Jerusalem was either of two temples that were the center of worship and national identity in ancient Israel. The First Temple was completed in 957 BCE and destroyed by the Babylonians in 587/586 BCE. The Second Temple was completed in 515 BCE and destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE.
