Have a look at The Eastern Colonnade

The Eastern Colonnade.

If you are one of the visitors of Jerusalem, it is natural that you will go to see one of the most beautiful and wonderful designs inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is The Eastern Colonnade and this design is a series of arches in the middle of the eastern wall of the Dome of the Rock.

The Eastern Colonnade and you will be in front of a wonderful, very old and high design that you have not seen anywhere else, you will be dazzled by the beauty of what you will see there.

The attractive nature of this hallway.

When you go up to the courtyard of the Dome of Rock Mosque, you will notice eight wonderful columns scattered around the Dome of the Rock. Surround them on the eastern side.

As well as you will find two in the southern wall and three in the western wall, as well as teeth in the northern wall. You will find these columns are huge and high buildings, which are buildings crossing between the level of the Dome and the level of Al Jamaa Al Aqsa.

Many believe that Jerusalem is the site of the Day of Resurrection, as well as that these arcades represent the scale that will judge the actions of people on the Day of Judgment. And if you go to the eastern hallway, it is undated. It is expected that it dates back to the eleventh century. The eastern hallway also consists of five arches supported by four columns and one platform on each side.

The most famous ancient sites in Jerusalem.

Before going to Jerusalem, you will hear a lot about the Al-Aqsa Mosque or Al-Haram Al-Sharif. This religious site consists of very large areas. These squares contain the ancient mosques that will attract you because of their attractive and wonderful features.

You will find the dome of the chain which backs to The Ayyubid era. You will find the Dome of the Rock mosque, which contains the rock that the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, used it to descend to the sky during the journey of Israa.

You can visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the southeast corner of the old city in Jerusalem, this town, which includes several neighbourhoods, namely the Islamic quarter, the Christian and the Jewish quarter.

The Al-Aqsa Mosque is one-sixth of the area of the old town in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which contains yards and places for prayer, some of which are located above the ground level and on Ground level and below ground level as well.

when you raise your eyes to the top, you will see the high minarets, terraces, domes, schools, or a corridor, in addition to the walls that surround the mosque on the four sides, you can find about 200 Islamic and architectural monuments of different Islamic eras and the area of the Al-Aqsa Mosque is about 144 dunums.

You will notice that the picturesque nature and the wonderful archaeological buildings are mixed with each other, which makes you feel the great psychological comfort in this place, especially when you wander into the old alleys that contain the fragrance of the distant past.

Al-Aqsa Mosque is the second oldest mosque on earth.

If you are fond of the holy places, you can visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is the second oldest mosque placed for people after the Holy Kaaba in Mecca. This great mosque includes a number of mosques that it is mentioned in the Holy Quran.

This mosque was called Al-Aqsa Mosque because it is mentioned by this name in the Holy Quran and the word Al Aqsa means the most distant from the Holy Mecca located in the Arabian Peninsula.

Al-Aqsa Mosque and its various locations below the ground level and above it.

When you reach the Al-Aqsa Mosque, you will find some places designated for prayer below ground level, as well as a number of wells and water channels in addition to buildings clogged with soil.

As well as you will find the Marwani Mosque, Al-Buraq Mosque and the old Al-Aqsa Mosque located below the ground level as well you will find the Bab Al-Rahma mosque behind the Gate of Repentance, as well as closed doors, including the single gate the double gate the triple door, the Maghriba Gate and the Silsila gate.

If you go up to the first level in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and this level is higher than the surface of the earth, you can reach it by some stairs and in this level, you can see the Dome of the Rock, which is a wonderful dome dating back to the era of the Umayyad state.

The dome of the rock mosque has a special kind of beauty because there is under it the holy rock that The Messenger of God, Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, ascended from it to the sky during the journey of Isra and Mi’raj .

This rock has an irregular shape, as well as this place is one of the oldest and most beautiful mosques on earth as well as the view of the dome which is covered in golden colour.

If you look around the Dome of the Rock, you will find a wonderful old yard this square It contains some archaeological domes of a beautiful architectural character, such as the Dome of the chain.

You can also go to Al-Qibli Mosque and under it you will find a very beautiful mosque. This is not all, but the Al-Aqsa Mosque is a wonderful place and a major part in the city of Jerusalem.

After you visit Al-Aqsa mosque you will go to visit some other archaeological sites where there is the mountain of Al-Tur which is an archaeological mountain and one of the greatest archaeological sites in Jerusalem.

Do not hesitate to go up on Mount Al-Tour to see the entire city of Jerusalem, and this mountain contains a large number of cemeteries for Jews as well as some wonderful Christian archaeological sites.