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The
Dome of the Chain
is a free-standing
dome
located east of the
Dome of the Rock
in the
Old City
of
Jerusalem
. One of the oldest structures on the
Temple Mount
, it is used as a
prayer
house. Built in the late 7th century by the
Umayyads
, it was a
Christian
chapel under the
Crusaders
before being restored as an
Islamic
prayer house by the
Ayyubids
. Over the years, it has been renovated by the
Mamluks
,
Ottomans
, and the
Palestinian
-based
waqf
.
Photograph:
Andrew Shiva
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