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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 upper platform surrounds the Dome of the Rock, beneath which lies the Well of Souls, originally accessible only by a narrow hole in the Sakhrah, the foundation stone on which the Dome of the Rock site and after which it is named, until the Crusaders dug a new entrance to the cave from the south. [297]
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 ...
While almost all historians and archaeologists and some rabbinical authorities believe that the rocky outcrop in the Dome of the Rock is the Foundation Stone, [141] some rabbis say it is located directly opposite the exposed section of the Western Wall, near the El-kas fountain. [142] This spot was the site of the Holy of Holies when the Temple ...
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 ...
Al-Aqsa (/ æ l ˈ æ k s ə /; Arabic: الأَقْصَى, romanized: Al-Aqṣā) or al-Masjid al-Aqṣā (Arabic: المسجد الأقصى) [2] 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 ...
The Temple was on the site of what today is the Dome of the Rock. The gates led close to what is now al-Aqsa Mosque, built much later. [32] Although Jews continued to inhabit the destroyed city, Emperor Hadrian established a new Roman colonia called Aelia Capitolina.