5155. DOME OF THE ROCK, THE MOSQUE OF OMAR, THE ROCK ARROUND WHICH THE MOSQUE IS BUILT. ACCORDING TO TRADITIONAL BELIEF, IT IS THE ROCK ON WHICH ABRAHAM BUILT AN ALTAR TO SACRIFICE HIS SON ISAAC. UPON THIS ROCK WERE BUILT SOLOMON’S AND HEROD’S TEMPLES ON THE ‘TEMOLE MOUNT’.
Photograph by Zev Radovan