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Temple Mount הר הבית

Buildings and Sites

Platform in the Old City of Jerusalem where the First Temple and Second Templestood. It is the holiest site in Judaism. Today the Dome of the Rock and the Al- Aqsa Mosque stand on it, and Muslims count it their third holiest site.

Illustration from the book. Photographs, where shown, are from Wikimedia Commons, with author and license beside each. Click a photograph to enlarge it.

Sources

  • The book Israel NOWlej by Richard J. Koret, glossary, page 206.