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Tue, 28 May 2019 22:31:49 +0200

Dome of the Rock, originally completed in 692, collapsed in 1015 and rebuilt in 1023. The outside appearance changed drastically during the Ottoman rule and the roof was gold-plated in 1961 and 1993. The dome is set over the Foundation stone, which in judaism is the location where God created the world and the first human Adam, and where Abraham attempted to sacrifice his son Isaac. This is also the location from where Muhammad started his Night Journey to heaven.