Dome of the Rock

Dome of the Rock as viewed from Mount Scopus and showing the walls of the Old City.

The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة, transliteration: Masjid Qubbat As-Sakhrah) is an Islamic mosque building in East Jerusalem.

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It was built from 691 from 692 by Caliph Abd al-Malik. It is built on the spot where the Jewish Temple is believed to have been, and where Muslims believe Muhammad went up to heaven. The rock on which the building stands is believed by Jews, Christians, and Muslims to be the holiest place on Earth.

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Dome Of The Rock Media

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  Cross section of the Dome (print from 1887, after the first detailed drawings of the Dome, made by the English artist Frederick Catherwood in 1833).

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  Reconstruction of Herod's Temple as seen from the east (Holyland Model of Jerusalem, 1966)

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  Depiction of the Templum Domini on the reverse side of the seal of the Knights Templar

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  Jerusalem Dome Rock

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  The Dome of the Rock in 2018

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  Sign at visitors entrance to Temple Mount

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  The Temple in Jerusalem depicted as the Dome of the Rock on the printer's mark of Marco Antonio Giustiniani, Venice 1545–52

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  The Foundation Stone viewed from the dome. Photograph was taken between 1900 and 1920, before the removal of the surrounding iron grill.

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  The first-ever photograph of the building, 1842–44

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  View from the north, Francis Bedford (1862)