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IslamAl-Masjid al-Aqsa
Jerusalem · Israel · mosque
The Farthest Mosque of the Night Journey and the first qibla of Islam: a 14-hectare walled sanctuary in the Old City of Jerusalem holding the silver-domed Qibli Mosque and the golden Dome of the Rock, Islam's third holiest site.
IslamDome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhra)
Jerusalem · Israel · shrine
The golden-domed shrine at the centre of the Al-Aqsa compound, raised over the Foundation Stone in 691 to 692 CE. It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, sacred in Islam as the place of the Prophet's Mi'raj ascent, and standing upon ground Jewish tradition holds as the site of the Holy of Holies.