Dome of the Rock

Jerusalem · Israel

Dome of the Rock, Israel
Photo: Ralf Roletschek, GFDL 1.2 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
March to May
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
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A gold-domed Islamic shrine on the Temple Mount, its octagonal walls sheathed in blue tilework and Quranic calligraphy. Built over a sacred outcrop of rock, it is among the oldest surviving works of Islamic architecture.

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