Jerusalem · Old City · Israel

Dome of the Rock

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Three Abrahamic religions each consider this exact plateau their holiest place on earth — and they cannot agree on who owns the view.

The massive stone platform built over biblical Mt Moriah holds the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque — Islam's third holiest site — while simultaneously being the holiest site in Judaism (location of the First and Second Temples). No place on earth concentrates more layers of sacred meaning into a single walkable space.