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Haram esh-Sharif w
Haram esh-Sharif, the “Noble
Sanctuary” or Temple Mount, is a vast
rectangular esplanade in the south-
eastern part of the Old City. Traditionally
the site of Solomon's Temple, it later
housed the Second Temple, enlarged
by Herod the Great and destroyed by
the Romans (see pp44-5) . Left in ruins
for more than half a century, the site
became an Islamic shrine in AD 691 with the build-
ing of the Dome of the Rock. Over the centuries
other buildings have been added to this, the third
most important Islamic
religious sanctuary.
. Dome of the Rock
This is the crowning glory not
just of the Haram esh-Sharif but
of all Jerusalem (see pp72-3) .
Dome of the
Prophet
Madrasa el-Omariyya is
Madrasa
Sabil of Qait
This public fou
tain was built o
the order of the
Mameluke sultan
Qaitbey (ruled
1468-98). It has
a superb carved
stone dome, the
only one of its
kind in the
Holy Land.
Cotton Merchants' G
a strikingly decorate
Mameluke portal giv
access to the marke
the same name (see
Moors' Gate (B
of only two ga
may use to ent
Grammar Colleg
Also known as “T
Learning”, this still serves as a
Quranic teaching school. The
doorway on the north side is
flanked by some unusual candy-
twist columns dating from the
Ayyubid era (1169-1250).
This engraved Mameluke
vessel is part of a collection
of artifacts, largely from the
Middle Ages, that includes
Qurans, textiles, ceramics
and weaponry (see p70) .
For hotels and restaurants in this area see p256 and p272
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