Dome of the Rock
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The Dome of the Rock is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic ar
The Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount (Al-Aqsa) in the Old City of Jerusalem
The interior
The Dome of the Rock in 2018, and on its left Dome of the chain
Floor plan of 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
Khirbat al Mafjar Foto Thaler Tamas 6
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.