Old Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

Welcome to the old city of Jerusalem, the land of the heavenly religions and the city of peace, which is the religious destination for Muslims, Christians and Jews. Enjoy a varied historical tour inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque. You will go to the old Al-Aqsa Mosque. This mosque is located under the Al-Qibli Mosque.

When you go down to the old Al-Aqsa Mosque, you will find very beautiful stairs that have a special splendor, and have an arched roof, you will go down to this stairway, and after descending from the stairs you will find a corridor consisting of paths. These paths are heading south.

This small mosque was built by the Umayyads, to be the royal entrance from Umayyada palaces to Al-Aqsa Mosque. These palaces are at the south of Al Aqsa Mosque.

This northern entrance of this mosque has a small room. This room was used for guarding. At the double door there is a large room at the southern entrance and this room was used fort the guarding. you will see inside this room a wonderful niche.

The story of the emptied well.

When you walk inside the small mosque you will notice a closed well. When you look inside this well you will notice that it is a deep well and there is no water in it.This well is a beautiful, archaeological well.

This well has a story that the people of Jerusalem know. It was emptied of water and some people used it to penetrate to enter Jerusalem so they put some lamps inside it and it was closed so that no one could penetrate.

You will find a beautiful niche inside this small mosque as well around this niche there are beautiful lights. If you stand to pray inside this niche you will feel reverence and reassurance.

What can I do inside this small mosque?

Your nice tour inside this mosque is a different tour, because you will be inside one of the places on the holy lands that tourists come to visit from all over the world.

While entering the mosque you will find two beautiful flat domes on the floor of the mosque. These domes were built by the Umayyad state you will notice that there are some huge columns at these domes which restored in 1927.

Enjoy a tour on which there are calmness and tranquility. Do not stop wandering around this archaeological place, which was designed in a strange and wondrous way. When you raise your eyes to the top, you will notice the roof of this mosque made of medium stones next to each other in the form of an arc.

You can do a lot and a lot of activities inside and outside this small mosque. Once you enter this mosque you will find there are many people sitting in the calm reading The Holy Qur’an so you will pray in reverence in this place. During your walking you will find a room with a beautiful library. This library contains the most beautiful religious books and history books About Al Aqsa Mosque.

The architectural design of the old mosque.

Get ready to get down on the stars for the old mosque, which attracts your eyes and takes your heart. During your tour, your feeling will be different inside this prayer hall which has two main corridors, the direction of which is from south to north. When you look at the sides of the mosque you will notice the presence of the archaeological columns that bear the ceiling of this mosque.

Why do I visit the old Aqsa Mosque?

When you visit the old mosque, Qabli Mosque will attract your attention. This mosque is one of the landmarks of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Above Qabli Mosque you will see a very beautiful leaden dome and this mosque is located south of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Inside Al-Qibli Mosque, you will find the beautiful niche and Prayer rostrum. It is the main place for prayer in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and therefore this place has a great Sanctify and the first thing to do when you arrive Al-Aqsa Mosque is to enter and pray in Al-Qibli Mosque.

You will visit the Dome of the Rock Mosque. This mosque is a destination for all people from all over the world, and above the Dome of the Rock you will see this wonderful golden dome that decorates the mosque and you can take wonderful pictures of this dome as well as you can take a tour to see the beauty of the mosques around the walls of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and. The tour will be enjoyed by beauty and magnificence.

You can go to see the Church of the Resurrection located within the city of Jerusalem, which was built by Saint Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine the First. You will enter this valuable church which is a symbol of the Christian presence in the East. This church contains many artifacts and a beautiful structure as it has a set of great decorations. You will feel reverence Inside this church. Many visitors from all over the world come to the church to visit it.

You will enjoy watching the Al-Buraq Wall, which is the wonderful monumental wall. It is very famous in Jerusalem. It is located on the western side of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and is called the Mabka Wall by Jews.

The Jews believe that this wall belongs to the remnants of the structure of Solomon who are looking for this structure. Also, this wall is of great importance to Muslims because the Messenger of God Mohamed may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, tied his Borak animal to this wall to start his journey of Isra and Mi’raj.

You will find wonderful archaeological walls that surround the old part of the city and it is called the old city of Jerusalem and this wall has several doors, including the Column Gate, the Gate of Khalel and the Gate of Maghriba, and it is beautiful that you can take a wonderful tour around this wall to see the old town and its yard that includes Holy religious sentiments.