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Dome of the Rock

Religious and Sacred Buildings
Octagonal Shrine Under a Golden Dome

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 architecture and the earliest archaeologically attested religious structure built by a Muslim ruler, and it carries the earliest surviving inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad.

Facts
Building Type
Shrine 1
Location
Old City of Jerusalem 1
Completed Year
691 2
Completed Year
692 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Temple / Shrine 2
Connections

Has Building Type

Temple, Concepts

In Style

Islamic Architecture, Styles and Movements

An Islamic architecture landmark.

Uses Element

Timber, Architectural Materials
Source Wikipedia: Dome of the Rock
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Located In

Palestine

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Dome of the Rock
Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, opening sentence describing it as an octagonal Islamic shrine
    is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.
  • Second paragraph, sentence giving the Umayyad construction date
    Its initial construction was undertaken by the Umayyad Caliphate on the orders of Abd al-Malik during the Second Fitna in 691-692 CE
  • Lead paragraph, opening sentence naming the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem
    is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.
  • Lead section
    The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: قبة الصخرة, romanized: Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḫra) is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.
  • Uses Element: Timber, Wikipedia article
    === Umayyads === ==== Original construction ==== The initial octagonal structure of the Dome of the Rock and its round wooden dome had basically the same shape as it does today.
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2. Wikidata: Dome of the Rock
  • Wikidata Q172077, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q172077, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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