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Stairs leading to the Dome of the Rock

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The oldest existing Islamic building in the world, the Dome of the Rock is probably also the best known symbol of Jerusalem; at the same time, one of the best examples of the complex local religious situation.
A visit to Jerusalem cannot be complete without a visit to its most famous building, the Dome of the Rock. This is the third most sacred place for Muslims, since inside the dome is a slab of stone from which Mohammed is supposed to have left the Earth to be reunited with Allah. Problem is that Jews claim that the rock actually is the foundation stone of our world. Yet another example of the complex religious situation of this holy city. While the first Jewish temple was built on Temple Mount, as they call it, around 1000 years before Christ, the temple was destroyed, another rebuilt, while the Romans built a temple in honour of Zeus on this holy but man-made platform; this temple was converted to a Christian church later on. After the Dome was constructed, the Crusaders used it as a church.
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