One of the most sacred and famous buildings in the world is located in the city of Jerusalem. It is the mosque of Omar, which is also known as the Dome of the Rock.
This religious sanctuary, with a dome 30 meters high, was built during the seventh century, on the same site as the ancient Hebrew temples. This sanctuary was built for the sole purpose of housing a rock.
According to Islamic belief, the prophet Muhammad was brought to Jerusalem on a winged horse and left on the rock inside the Omar mosque. The granite rock is 18 meters long by 12 meters wide, and completely fills the center of the building. Muslims believe that the holes in the rock mark the points where Muhammad's winged horse landed.
The site where the Dome of the Rock is located is also sacred to the Jews, who believe that this rock was the place where the Hebrew patriarch Abraham came to sacrifice his son Isaac, obeying God's command.
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