Al-Aqsa
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Al-Aqsa or al-Masjid al-Aqṣā 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 R
Al-Aqsa Compound, with the Dome of the Rock at its center and the Qibli (Al-Aqsa) Mosque to the south (bottom). The remains of the Umayyad palaces are visible south of the wall, while the Bab al-Rahma Cemetery extends along its eastern side (right).
Southwest qanatir (arches) of the Al-Aqsa. Qubat al-Nahawiyya is also partially visible to the right.
The main mosque prayer hall along the southern wall of Al-Aqsa
Inside the Dome of the Rock
Umayyad architecture
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Umayyad architecture developed in the Umayyad Caliphate between 661 and 750, primarily in its heartland of historical Syria. It drew extensively on the architecture of older Middle Eastern and Mediter
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Syria, Damascus, The Umayyad Mosque
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Gateway in Qasr Al-Mushatta palace (present-day Jordan) showing mix of construction techniques: cut stone was in the local Syrian style while the brickwork shows Mesopotomian influence.