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1 day ago · Panorama of the Western Wall with the Dome of the Rock (left) and al-Aqsa mosque (right) in the background The Western Wall and Dome of the Rock Prayer section vs. entire wall. The term Western Wall commonly refers to a 187-foot (57 m) exposed section of a much longer retaining wall, built by Herod on the western flank of the Temple Mount. Only ...
- 19 BCE
- 488 metres (1,601 ft)
- exposed: 19 metres (62 ft)
- Jerusalem
3 days ago · Accordingly, t he Masjid al-Sakhrah, the Dome of the Rock, became “the visible emblem of the entry by the Umayyads and their religion into the imperial order of Late Antiquity” (424).
2 days ago · Al-Aqsa (Arabic: الأَقْصَى, romanized: Al-Aqṣā) or al-Masjid al-Aqṣā (Arabic: المسجد الأقصى) is the compound of Islamic religious buildings that sit atop the Temple Mount, also known as the Haram al-Sharif, in the Old City of Jerusalem, including the Dome of the Rock, many mosques and prayer halls, madrasas, zawiyas, khalwas and other domes and religious structures ...
4 days ago · Most people today believe the Dome of the Rock is constructed over the Jewish Temple foundation. And inside the Dome of the Rock IS a gnarly part of Mount Moriah that is anything but flat. Here is a drawing of the inside of the Dome of the Rock: In the center you can see the piece of jagged rock down a couple of feet below the surface.
5 days ago · The Dome of the Rock was built as a shrine for pilgrims, not a Mosque. It became a Mosque later. The Temple Mount, the entire “Holy Land,” has been a flashpoint between Muslims, Christians ...
5 days ago · We will visit the Western Wall also known as the Wailing Wall, today the most sacred site to the Jews as it is the closest they can today reach to where the Jewish Temple stood 2,000 years ago. And we will visit Haram El Sharif, which today includes the golden Dome of the Rock and the Al - Aqsa Mosque, one of the most sacred sites to Islam.
5 days ago · In Jerusalem's Old City lies the Alexa mosque within the Dome of the Rock, a site of profound religious significance. ... For Jews, it's the Temple Mount , while for ...
