The Temple Mount also known as the Noble Sanctuary is a religious site in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The Temple Mount is the holiest site for Judaism. The Jewish Temple in Jerusalem stood there: the First Temple (built c. 967 BCE, destroyed c. 586 BCE by the Babylonians), and the Second Temple (rebuilt c. 516 BCE, destroyed in the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 CE). According to a commonly held belief in Judaism, it is to be the site of final Third Temple to be rebuilt with the coming of the Jewish Messiah. |