Haram Al-Sharif
Credit
Holly Hayes
Status
  Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
Date Created
December 25, 2012
Date Added
May 4, 2013
Last Updated
May 1, 2024
File Size
21.99 MB
Resolution
3456 x 5184 pixels
Coordinates
31.7775020° N, 35.2354520° E

Haram Al-Sharif

25.12.2012: Jerusalem. Begun in 688 and finished in 691. The first major sanctuary constructed in Islam and built as a competitor to the Constantinian basilica of the Holy Sepulchre (destroyed in the 11th century at the command of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim).