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current15:26, 5 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 15:26, 5 January 20177,500 × 5,632 (40.97 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)Southern aerial view of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Mount" class="extiw" title="w:Temple Mount">Temple Mount</a>, Al-Aqsa Mosque (Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת‎, Arabic: المسجد الأقصى المبارك‎) in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_of_Jerusalem" class="extiw" title="w:Old City of Jerusalem">Old City of Jerusalem</a> ((Hebrew: העיר העתיקה‎, Arabic: البلدة القديمة‎). Annotated in the foreground is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qibli_Chapel" class="extiw" title="w:Al-Qibli Chapel">Al-Qibli Chapel</a> (Arabic:المصلى القبلي). Al-Aqsa Mosque is considered to be the third holiest site in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" class="extiw" title="w:Islam">Islam</a> after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca" class="extiw" title="w:Mecca">Mecca</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina" class="extiw" title="w:Medina">Medina</a>. Behind are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_of_the_rock" class="extiw" title="en:Dome of the rock">The Dome of the Rock</a> (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة‎, Hebrew: כיפת הסלע) and to the right, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_of_the_Chain" class="extiw" title="en:Dome of the Chain">The Dome of the Chain</a> (Arabic: قبة السلسلة, Qubbat al-Silsila), constructed during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" class="extiw" title="w:Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad Caliphate</a> (c. 685 AD) and served as a model for the building of the Dome of the Rock (c. 691 AD). The Temple Mount, which is called by Muslims as Al-Aqsa Mosque, is considered to be the premier holy site in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" class="extiw" title="w:Judaism">Judaism</a> as it is the place where the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon%27s_Temple" class="extiw" title="w:Solomon's Temple">first and second Temples</a> stood.
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