![]() ![]() The wider compound is known as Al-Aqsa or the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, also known as al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf ( Arabic: الحرم الشريف, lit. In some sources the building is also named al-Masjid al-Aqṣā, but this name primarily applies to the whole compound in which the building sits, which is itself also known as "Al-Aqsa Mosque". The Al-Aqsa Mosque ( Arabic: جامع الأقصى, romanized: Jāmiʿ al-Aqṣā, lit.' congregational mosque of Al-Aqsa'), also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel ( Arabic: المصلى القبلي, romanized: al-muṣallā al-qiblī, lit.'prayer hall of the qibla (south)'), is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. ![]() ![]() Limestone (external walls, façade), lead and concrete (dome), white marble (interior columns) and mosaic ![]()
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