Dome of the Rock and Dome of the Chain

ID: IJNTDR05

View looking north. To the right of the Dome of the Rock is the Dome of the Chain. This structure is located in the approximate center of the Haram esh-Sharif. It may have served as a "treasury" in connection with the Dome of the Rock.

If Ritmeyer's reconstruction of the positioning of the Herodian Temple is correct, then the Dome of the Chain is located on the approximate spot of the sacrificial altar.

For a detailed view of the Dome of the Chain click here. For a general view of the Dome of the Rock click here.

Keywords: Omar, Herod's Temple, Herod Temple, Mosque, Dome of the Rock, Temple Mount, Haram esh-Sharif, Umayyad, Jerusalem, Dome of the Chain, Sacrificial Altar