Temple Mount

English

The Temple Mount at present

Proper noun

the Temple Mount

One of the hills in Jerusalem, where the Biblical king Solomon built his great temple, which the Roman emperor Vespasian's son and successor Titus levelled (except for the Wailing Wall) in 70 C.E. during a failed Jewish rebellion and today forming an Islamic compound atop which sit the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Synonyms

Translations

hill of Jerusalem

Danish: Tempelbjerget (definitive form)
Dutch: Tempelberg m
Finnish: Temppelivuori
French: Mont du Temple m
German: Tempelberg (de) m
Hebrew: הר הבית‎ (he)
Russian: Хра́мовая гора́ f (Xrámovaja gorá)
Spanish: Explanada de las Mezquitas f, Monte del Templo m
Swedish: Tempelberget n

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