Rock shrines of Sethi I, Ramesses II and Merenptah were erected in the 19th Dynasty.
The Palestinians would have sovereignty over Al Aksa Mosque and its compound, as well as the adjacent Dome of the Rock shrine.
West Silsila: Rock shrine of Merneptah.
From his windows, he can glimpse the golden cupola of the Dome of the Rock shrine, so close that one can almost reach out and touch it.
The entrance to the cave is at the southeast angle of the Foundation Stone, beside the southeast pier of the Dome of the Rock shrine.
The octagonal church was inspired by the Islamic Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem, used by the Templars as their base of operations.
In 691, Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik (685-705) constructed the Dome of the Rock shrine on the Temple Mount.
It was built not as an exact replica of, but as an homage to the style of the octagonal, domed Dome of the Rock Muslim shrine in Jerusalem.
As they chased the stone-throwers, the police approached the entrances to Al Aksa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock shrine, but did not enter.
The sanctuary contains the Dome of the Rock shrine and Al Aksa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam.