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
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Panorama of the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, including its Qibli Mosque and the gold-roofed Dome of the Rock, from the Mount of Olives
Interior of the dome
View of the circular inner arcade around the dome
Foundation Stone
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The Foundation Stone, or the Noble Rock, is the rock at the center of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. It is also known as the Pierced Stone because it has a small hole on the southeastern corner th
Dome of the Rock
…was undertaken by the Umayyad Caliphate on the orders of Abd al-Malik during the Second Fitna in 691–692 CE, and it has been built on top of the Foundation Stone (or Noble Rock). The site's significance for Muslims derives from the belief that the Night Journey of Muhammad began from the rock at the centre of…
The Foundation Stone in the floor of the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem. The round hole at upper left penetrates to a small cave, known as the Well of Souls, below. The cage-like structure just beyond the hole covers the stairway entrance to the cave (south is towards the top of the image).
The bottom of the Foundation Stone, photo taken from the Well of Souls
1859 watercolor of the Foundation Stone by Carl Haag
Picture of the Foundation Stone taken in the second half of the 20th century