Dome of the Ascension

Not to be confused with Mount Olivet's Chapel of the Ascension, also called the "Dome of the Ascension".

The Dome of the Ascension (Arabic: قبة المعراج, romanized: Qubbat al-Miʿrāj) is an Islamic free-standing domed structure built by the Umayyads that stands just north the Dome of the Rock on the al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem.

It commemorates the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's ascension (al-Miʿrāj) to heaven, according to Islamic tradition. The Dome of the Ascension is part of the Muslim prayer-route.

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