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Al-Aqsa Mosque

The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of .
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: the main prayer hall of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Al Aqsa Mosque”, “al-Aqsa”, “Al-Aqṣā mosque”, “Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa”, “Al-Qibli Chapel”, “Al-Qibli Mosque”, “Dome of the Rock”, “Jami’a Al-Aqsa”, “Masjid Aqsa”, “Masjid-e-Aqsa”, and “Temple of Salomon”
  • Address: ירושלים
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Western Wall and Dome of the Rock.

Synagogue
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The is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the of Jerusalem. Its most famous section, known by the same name, often shortened by Jews to the Kotel or Kosel, is known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Arab world and Islamic world as the Buraq Wall. is situated 130 metres northwest of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Place of worship
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The is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the in the . It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically attested… is situated 210 metres north of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Museum
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The Islamic Museum is a at Al Aqsa in the Old City section of . On display are exhibits from ten periods of Islamic history encompassing several Muslim regions. The museum is west of al-Aqsa Mosque, across a courtyard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jewish Quarter and Old City.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four traditional quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem. The area lies in the southwestern sector of the walled city, and stretches from the Zion Gate in the south, along the on the west, up to the Street of the Chain in the north and extends to the and the in the east.

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The of Jerusalem is that part of surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.

Locality
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is a garden at the foot of the in , where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested before his crucifixion.

Al-Aqsa Mosque

Latitude
31.77616° or 31° 46′ 34″ north
Longitude
35.2356° or 35° 14′ 8″ east
Elevation
729 metres (2,392 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6GP+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 280309331
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Geo­Names ID
6269611
Wiki­data ID
Q12192963
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Al-Aqsa Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Meuseujid Al Aqsha”
  • Achinese: “Meuseujid al-Aqsha”
  • Afrikaans: “Al-Aqsa-moskee”
  • Afrikaans: “Al-Aqsamoskee”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia Aksa”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia Al Aksa”
  • Arabic: “الجامع القبلي”
  • Arabic: “المسجد الأقصى”
  • Arabic: “المسجد الاقص”
  • Arabic: “المصلى القبلي”
  • Arabic: “مسجد أقصى”
  • Armenian: “ալ-Ակսա մզկիթ”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Ակսա մզկիթ”
  • Armenian: “ալ-Ակսայի մզկիթ”
  • Armenian: “Հեռավոր Մզկիթ”
  • Assamese: “আল-আকছা মছজিদ”
  • Avaric: “Ал-Акъсса”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qiblə məscidi”
  • Banjar: “Al-Jami‘ al-Aqsha”
  • Banjar: “Al-Jami’ al-Aqsha”
  • Bashkir: “Әл-Аҡса мәсете”
  • Basque: “Al Aksa meskita”
  • Basque: “Al Aksa mezkita”
  • Basque: “Al-Aksa meskita”
  • Basque: “Al-Aqsako mezkita”
  • Belarusian: “Аль-Акса”
  • Belarusian: “Мячэць Аль-Акса”
  • Bengali: “আল-আকসা মসজিদ”
  • Bosnian: “Al-Aksa”
  • Bosnian: “Al-Aqsa”
  • Bosnian: “Bejtul Makdis”
  • Bosnian: “Džamija Al-Aqsa”
  • Bosnian: “Mesdžidul-aksa”
  • Breton: “Moskeen al-Aqsa”
  • Bulgarian: “Ал Акса”
  • Bulgarian: “Ал-Акса”
  • Bulgarian: “Джамия Ал-Акса”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita d’Al-Aqsa”
  • Central Kurdish: “مزگەوتی ئەقسا”
  • Chechen: “Аль Акъса маьждиг”
  • Chechen: “Аль-Акъса маьждиг”
  • Chinese: “Al-Aqsa chheng-chin-sī”
  • Chinese: “远寺”
  • Chinese: “阿克萨清真寺”
  • Chinese: “阿克薩清真寺”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Al-Aqsa”
  • Croatian: “Al-Aksa”
  • Czech: “Al-Aksá”
  • Czech: “Al-Aqsa”
  • Czech: “mešita al-Aksá”
  • Czech: “Mešita al-Aksá”
  • Czech: “Mešita Al-Aksá”
  • Danish: “Al-Aqsa Moskéen”
  • Danish: “Al-Aqsa-moskeen”
  • Danish: “Al-Aqsa-moskéen”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Mescida Eqsa”
  • Dutch: “Al Aqsamoskee”
  • Dutch: “Al-Aksa moskee”
  • Dutch: “Al-Aksa-moskee”
  • Dutch: “Al-Aksa”
  • Dutch: “Al-Aksamoskee”
  • Dutch: “Al-Aqsa moskee”
  • Dutch: “Al-Aqsa Moskee”
  • Dutch: “Al-aqsa”
  • Dutch: “Al-Aqsamoskee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المسجد الاقصى”
  • Esperanto: “Al-Aksa-moskeo”
  • Esperanto: “Moskeo Al-Aksa”
  • Esperanto: “Plej Fora Moskeo”
  • Finnish: “Al-Aksa”
  • Finnish: “Al-Aqsa-moskeija”
  • Finnish: “Al-Aqsa”
  • Finnish: “Al-Aqsan moskeija”
  • French: “Mosquee Al-Aqsa”
  • French: “mosquée Al-Aqsa”
  • French: “Mosquée al-Aqsa”
  • French: “Mosquée Al-aqsa”
  • French: “Mosquée d’Al-Aqsa”
  • Galician: “Mesquita de Al-Aqsa”
  • German: “Al-Aksa-Moschee”
  • German: “Al-Aqsa-Moschee”
  • German: “El-Aqsa-Moschee”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Al Aqsa Mosque”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Al-Aqsa Mosque”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Al-Aqṣā mosque”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Al-Qibli Chapel”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Al-Qibli Mosque”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Jami’a Al-Aqsa”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Masjid Aqsa”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Masjid-e-Aqsa”
  • Greek: “τέμενος Αλ-Ακσά”
  • Greek: “Τέμενος Αλ-Άκσα”
  • Greek: “Τέμενος του Αλ Ακσά”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Ƙudus”
  • Hebrew: “אל-אקצא”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אל אקצא”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אל אקצה”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אל-אקצא”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד אל-אקצה”
  • Hindi: “अल - अक्सा मस्जिद”
  • Hindi: “अल किबली मस्जिद”
  • Hindi: “अल-अक्सा मस्जिद”
  • Hindi: “मस्जिद अल-अक्सा”
  • Hungarian: “Al-Aksza-mecset”
  • Hungarian: “el-Aksza mecset”
  • Ido: “Moskeo Al-Aksa”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Jami‘ al-Aqsha”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Jami’ al-Aqsha”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Al Aqsa”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid al-aqsa”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid al-Aqsa”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Al-Aqsa”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Al-Aqsha”
  • Indonesian: “Masjidil Aqsa”
  • Indonesian: “Masjidil Aqsha”
  • Indonesian: “Masjidilaksa”
  • Indonesian: “Mesjid Al-Aqsa”
  • Italian: “moschea al-Aqsa”
  • Italian: “Moschea al-Aqsa”
  • Italian: “moschea di al-Aqsa”
  • Japanese: “アル・アクサモスク”
  • Japanese: “アル＝アクサー・モスク”
  • Japanese: “アル=アクサモスク”
  • Japanese: “アルアクサ・モスク”
  • Javanese: “Masjid Al Aqsa”
  • Javanese: “Masjid Al-Aqsa”
  • Javanese: “Masjidil Aksa”
  • Javanese: “Masjidil Aqsa”
  • Javanese: “Mesjid Al Aqsa”
  • Kabiyè: “Al-Aksa ciŋgili”
  • Kabyle: “Tamesgida n el-Aqṣa”
  • Kabyle: “Tamesgida n Laqṣa”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲ್-ಅಕ್ಸಾ ಮಸೀದಿ”
  • Kazakh: “Ақса мешіті”
  • Kazakh: “Әл-Ақса мешіті”
  • Kazakh: “Масжид әл-Ақса”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Al-Aqsa”
  • Kirghiz: “Аль-Акса мечити”
  • Korean: “알 아크사 모스크”
  • Korean: “알 악사 모스크”
  • Korean: “알 악사 사원”
  • Korean: “알아크사 모스크”
  • Korean: “알악사 모스크”
  • Korean: “엘 아크사 모스크”
  • Korean: “엘 악사 사원”
  • Kurdish: “Mescîda Eqsa”
  • Latvian: “Aksas mošeja”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Aksos mečetė”
  • Macedonian: “Акса”
  • Madurese: “Baitul Maqdis”
  • Malay: “Jamek al-Qibli”
  • Malay: “Jami‘ al-Qibili”
  • Malay: “Masjid Al-Aqsa”
  • Malay: “Musala al-Qibli”
  • Malay: “Surau al-Qibli”
  • Malayalam: “Al-Aqsa Mosque”
  • Malayalam: “മസ് ജിദുൽ അഖ് സ”
  • Malayalam: “മസ്ജിദുൽ അഖ് സ”
  • Malayalam: “മസ്ജിദുൽ അഖ്സ”
  • Mazanderani: “مسجد الاقصی”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Al-Aqsa chheng-chin-sī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Aqsa-moskeen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Aqsa-moskeen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Aqsa-moskéen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Aqsa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “El aqsa”
  • Norwegian: “Al-Aqsa-moskeen”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਕਸੀ ਮਸਜਿਦ”
  • Persian: “الاقصی”
  • Persian: “مسجد اقصی”
  • Persian: “مسجد الأقصی”
  • Persian: “مسجد الاقصا”
  • Persian: “مسجد الاقصی”
  • Persian: “مسجدالأقصی”
  • Persian: “مسجدالاقصی”
  • Polish: “Al-Aksa”
  • Polish: “Meczet Al-Aksa w Jerozolimie”
  • Polish: “Meczet Al-Aksa”
  • Portuguese: “Al-Aqsa”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Al Aqsa”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de al-aksa”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Al-Aksa”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de al-aqsa”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de al-Aqsa”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Al-Aqsa”
  • Pushto: “الاقصی جومات”
  • Pushto: “د الاقصی جومات”
  • Pushto: “لوی الاقصی جومات”
  • Romanian: “Al Aqsa”
  • Romanian: “Al-aqsa”
  • Romanian: “Al-Aqsa”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea Al Aqsa”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea Al-Aqsa”
  • Russian: “аль-Акса”
  • Russian: “Аль-Акса”
  • Russian: “Аль-Масджид аль-Акса”
  • Russian: “Масджид аль-Акса”
  • Russian: “мечеть Аль-Акса”
  • Russian: “Мечеть аль-Акса”
  • Sanskrit: “अल- अक्सा मगु”
  • Scots: “Al-Aqsa Mosque”
  • Serbian: “Ал Акса”
  • Serbian: “Ел Акса”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Al Aksa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Al-Aqsa”
  • Sindhi: “الجامع القِبْلي”
  • Sindhi: “الجامع القِبْلی”
  • Sindhi: “مسجد اقصي”
  • Slovak: “Mešita al-Aksá”
  • Slovenian: “Al-Aksa”
  • Somali: “Masjid Al-Aqsa”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مسجد الاقصی”
  • Spanish: “Al Aqsa”
  • Spanish: “Al-Aqsa”
  • Spanish: “Cúpula de la Roca”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Al Aqsa”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de al-Aqsa”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Al-Aqsa”
  • Sundanese: “Masjidilaqsa”
  • Swedish: “Al Aqsa”
  • Swedish: “Al Aqsamoskén”
  • Swedish: “Al-Aqsa-moskén”
  • Swedish: “Al-Aqsa”
  • Swedish: “Al-Aqsamoskén”
  • Swiss German: “Al-Aqsa-Moschee”
  • Tajik: “Масҷидулақсо”
  • Tamil: “அல் அக்சா பள்ளிவாசல்”
  • Tamil: “அல் அக்சா மசூதி”
  • Tatar: “Әл-Акса мәчете”
  • Tatar: “Әл-Әкъса мәчете”
  • Telugu: “అల్ అక్సా మస్జిద్”
  • Thai: “มัสยิดอัลอักศอ”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Al-Aqsa-Moschee”
  • Turkish: “Beyt-ul makdis”
  • Turkish: “Beyt-ül Makdis”
  • Turkish: “Beyt-ül Mukaddes”
  • Turkish: “Beyt-ül-Makdis”
  • Turkish: “Beyt-ül-Mukaddes”
  • Turkish: “El aksa camii”
  • Turkish: “Kıble Mescidi”
  • Turkish: “Mescid-i Aksa Camii”
  • Turkish: “Mescid-i Aksâ Camii”
  • Turkish: “Mescid-i Aksa”
  • Turkish: “Mescidi Aksa Camii”
  • Turkmen: “Al-Aksa metjidi”
  • Turkmen: “Al-Aqsa metjidi”
  • Uighur: “مەسجىدى ئەقسا”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть аль-Акса”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть Аль-Акса”
  • Urdu: “بیت المقدس”
  • Urdu: “قبلہ اول”
  • Urdu: “مسجد اقصی”
  • Urdu: “مسجد اقصیٰ”
  • Urdu: “مسجد اقصٰی”
  • Urdu: “مسجدِ اقصیٰ”
  • Urdu: “مسجد الاقصیٰ”
  • Urdu: “مسجد قبلي”
  • Urdu: “مسجد قبلی”
  • Uzbek: “al-Masjid al-Aqso”
  • Uzbek: “Al-Masjid al-Aqso”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Hồi giáo Al-Aqsa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Moske Al-Aqsa”
  • Welsh: “Al-Aqsa”
  • Welsh: “Mosg Al-Aqsa”
  • Western Frisian: “Al-Aksa Moskee”
  • Western Frisian: “Al-Aksamoskee”
  • Western Panjabi: “مسجد اقصی”
  • Western Panjabi: “مسجد اقصیٰ”
  • Western Panjabi: “مسجد قبلي”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿克萨清真寺”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿克薩清真寺”

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