ID: 700002869 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002869	Record Type: Built Work
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Al-Aqsa Mosque (mosque (building); first built by Caliph ʻUmar ibn al-Khatṭṭāb (Isla...; ca. 705, rebuilt several times...; Jerusalem (Yerushalayim, Yisra'el, Asia, World, Top of the T...; )

Note: Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Farthest Mosque, is the third holiest site in Islam and is located in the Old City of Jerusalem. Muslims believe that Muhammad was transported from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to al-Aqsa during the Night Journey; Muhammad led prayers towards this site until the God directed him to turn towards the Kaaba.

Titles:

Al-Aqsa Mosque (preferred,C,U,English,,N)

Aqsa Mosque (C,U,undetermined,,)

Masjid al-Aqsṣaá (C,U,LC,undetermined,,)

Al-Masjid El-Aqsa (C,U,undetermined,,)

Al-Aqsa (C,U,undetermined,,)

Bayt al-Muqaddas (C,U,undetermined,,)

Al-Aqsa Mosque (Jerusalem) (C,U,undetermined,,)

ٱلْـمَـسْـجِـد الْاَقْـصَى‎ (C,U,Arabic,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mosque (building) [300007544] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Islamic art

Creation Date: ca. 705, rebuilt several times

Creator Display:

first built by Caliph ʻUmar ibn al-Khatṭṭāb (Islamic leader, died 644), rebuilt by Caliph ʻAbd al Malik ibn Marwaān (Islamic leader, 642-705) and completed by his son Caliph Walīd I (Islamic leader, died 715) [preferred,VP]

builder ʻUmar ibn al-Khatṭṭāb, Caliph (Islamic leader, died 644) [500372495]

builder ʻAbd al Malik ibn Marwaān, Caliph (Islamic leader, 642-705) [500372496]

builder Walīd I, Caliph (Islamic leader, died 715) [500372497]

Locations:

Current: Yerushalayim [7001371] Jerusalem (national district), Israel (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 31.77617°N 35.23583°E

Display Materials: limestone (external walls, minaret, facade), gold, lead, stone (domes), white marble (interior columns), mosaic

	limestone [300011286]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, carbonate rock)

	gold (metal) [300011021]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <gold and gold alloy>)

	lead (metal) [300011022]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <lead| lead isotopes| compounds| alloys>)

	stone (worked rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

	mosaics (visual works) [300015342]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

	white marble [300011571]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock, marble (rock), <marble by color or pattern>)

Dimensions: 80 meters x 55 meters, 53 marble columns, 49 square stone pillars

Cultures:

Islamic (preferred)

Mamluk

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Umayyad [300021841] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Islamic World| The, <Islamic World dynastic styles and periods>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Al-Aqsa Mosque	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Aqsa Mosque	........ [VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-) "Jerusalem," accessed 5 May 2016
Masjid al-Aqsṣaá	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 83017887; accessed 11 May 2016
Al-Masjid El-Aqsa	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Al-Aqsa	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Bayt al-Muqaddas	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Al-Aqsa Mosque (Jerusalem)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
ٱلْـمَـسْـجِـد الْاَقْـصَى‎	........ [VP]
	........ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Mosque

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

....................... Al-Ratrout, The Architectural Development of Al-Aqsa Mosque (2004)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Al-Ratrout, The Architectural Development of Al-Aqsa Mosque (2004)