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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.
A view of Temple Mount from south side Israeli Police guard an entrance to the Temple Mount At present, the Government of Israel controls access to the Temple Mount , also known as Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in East Jerusalem 's Old City , which is a holy place for Muslims , Jews , and Christians and an Islamic religious endowment under the ...
The city of Jerusalem is sacred to many religious traditions, including the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam which consider it a holy city. [1] Some of the most sacred places for each of these religions are found in Jerusalem, most prominently, the Temple Mount / Haram Al-Sharif. [2][full citation needed]
Hashemite custodianship refers to the Jordanian royal family 's role in tending Muslim and Christian holy sites in the city of Jerusalem. [1] The legacy traces back to 1924 when the Supreme Muslim Council, the highest Muslim body in charge of Muslim community affairs in Mandatory Palestine, chose Hussein bin Ali (Sharif of Mecca) as custodian ...
The Western Wall (Hebrew: הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, romanized:HaKotel HaMa'aravi, lit. 'the western wall', [ 1 ] is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount of Jerusalem. Its most famous section, known by the same name, often shortened by Jews to the Kotel or Kosel, is ...
e. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, [a][b] also known as the Church of the Resurrection, [c] is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The church is also the seat of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. [1] Some consider it the holiest site in Christianity and it has been an important pilgrimage ...
Status Quo (Jerusalem and Bethlehem) The immovable ladder in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, pictured in 2009, has remained in the same location at least since the 18th century as a result of the Status Quo. The Status Quo (Hebrew: סטטוס קוו; Arabic: الوضع الراهن) is an understanding among religious communities with respect ...
The Monastery of the Virgins is a structure uncovered during Benjamin Mazar's excavations south of Jerusalem's Temple Mount.The large number of Christian religious finds from the site have prompted its identification with a monastery described by a pilgrim, Theodosius the archdeacon, in his De Situ Terrae Sanctae, a work of the early 6th century. [1]