Plan Design Architecture Reflect Public Use Monument Jerusalem Temple Original Purpose Pre Q34311433

How do the plan and design of the architecture reflect thepublic use of the monument (The Jerusalem Temple) from its originalpurpose to the present time?

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The Dome is located on the Haram al-Sharif, an enormous open-airplatform that now houses Al-Aqsa mosque, madrasas and several otherreligious buildings. Few places are as holy for Christians, Jewsand Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif. It is the Temple Mount, thesite of the Jewish second temple, which the Roman Emperor Titusdestroyed in 70 C.E. while subduing the Jewish revolt; a Romantemple was later built on the site. The Temple Mount was abandonedin Late Antiquity.

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