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The Dome of the Rock's basic plan is essentially octagonal. It is capped at its centre by a dome, approximately 20 m (66 ft) in diameter, mounted on an elevated circular drum standing on 16 supports (4 tiers and 12 columns). [ 13 ] Surrounding this circle is an octagonal arcade of 24 piers and columns. [ 14 ]
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 Pierced ...
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, depicted on coins ...
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 .
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 ...
A dome (from Latin domus) is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere. There is significant overlap with the term cupola, which may also refer to a dome or a structure on top of a dome. The precise definition of a dome has been a matter of controversy and there are a wide variety of forms and specialized terms to ...
The Dome of the Chain outside the Dome of the Rock. Dome of the Chain (Arabic: قبة السلسلة, romanized: Qubbat al-Silsilah) is an Islamic free-standing domed building located adjacently east of the Dome of the Rock in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is one of many small buildings that can be found scattered ...
The Jewish Underground was an activist vigilante group formed in the early 1980s out of militants in the Gush Emunim movement, and consisted at its height of 25-27 militants, [9] the majority holding key positions in Gush Emunim and settler organizations. [1] Three men created the cell, Menachem Livni, Yehoshua Ben-Shoshan, and Yehuda Etzion ...