Terraces
Eastern Moroccans Mosque Terrace
Vast, with many exhibits, like its old columns, bases, and crowns that were taken from Al-Aqsa mosque’s…
AL-Fakhrya Corner Terrace
Al-Fakhryah Corner Terrace is considered to be one of the smallest terraces of AL-Aqsa mosque. It is located…
Al-Buraq terrace ( Abu Baker terrace )
Al-Buraq mosque terrace ( Abu Baker terrace ). It got its name because of its closeness to Al-Buraq mosque,…
Pine terrace – Shahidat Al-Ribat
It was recently dubbed Shahidat Al-Rabat, to commemorate the lives of the women of the occupied Negev who were…
AlTankzya School Terrace
AlTankzya school terrace is located to the east of AlTankzya school. It is a small low modern building located…
Qubbat Mousa Terrace – The House of Quraan
Qubbat Mousa (The Dome of Moses), also named the House of the Holy Quran, is located east of Bab…
The Terrace of Flowers
The flower terrace was built during the Ottoman period and got its name because of the flowers that were…
Ablution Spring Terrace Ablution Double Terrace
Ablution Spring Terrace (the double terrace) is located north of the main hallway of the tribal mosque, and…
Al-kaas terrace, the eastern side of Al-Kaas terrace
Al-kaas spring terrace, is a terrace in the south of Al-Aqsa Mosque in front of Al-Qibli Mosque. It was…
Funerals Terrace
This terrace is located south of the Dome of the Rock, north of the funerary chapel that is in the northern…
Al Marwani Gates’ Staircase Terrace
This mausoleum acquired its name based on its distinctive location in front of the stairs of Al- Marwani…
The Great Eastern terrace The Eastern Land terrace
The Eastern Great terrace, located southeast of the Dome of the Rock, east of the Sabra and Shatila…
Sabra and Shatila Terrace
The Sabra and Shatila Terrace is a modern building built in the twentieth century in 1402 AH / 1982, and is…
The Southwestern Terrace of Bab AL-Rahma and Al-Tawba
The south-west terrace is located on the southwest side of the mosque and the Dome of the Rock. It has been…
Al – Ghazali Terrace
Al-Ghazali terrace was built in the 20th century in honor of Imam Ghazali, who studied in the Nasirite…
Al-Karak Terrace
It used to be a place for calling a prayer.
Al-Tumar Terrace
The terrace is east of the staircase of the southwestern trail, and southeast of the Dome of the Rock. It…
Al – Ahmadiyya Tchool Stairway Terrace
The terrace is located near the stairs of the Ahmadiyya school, below the Rock’s nave to the east, and it…
The Northeastern Terrace of Solitude Building (Al-Khalwah Al-Sharqiya)
This terrace is located to the northeast of Al-Khalwah Al-Sharqiya , specifically to the east corner of the…
Northeastern Terrace Translation Terrace
It is located on the north-eastern corner of the Dome of the Rock and specifically below the rock bowl to…
Semi-cylindrical Terrace / Circular Terrace
A semi-cylindrical or circular terrace is located west of Suleiman's chair (Dar al-Hadith) towards the…
Bab Al-Asbat terrace
It is a modern building, located in the north-eastern corner of Al-Aqsa Mosque, southeast of Bab AL-Asbat ,…
Sulieman spring terrace
It is said that Sultan Suleiman Al-Qanouni was the one who built this terrace.
Sulieman’s Dome Terrace
The dome of Sulieman terrace was built in the Ayyubid era and took its name because it surrounds the dome of…
Al-Asa’rdya School Terrace
The school’s western terrace is located west of Suleiman’s dome, northwest of Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Dome of…
Al-Thahir Terrace
During the Mamluk era, the terrace was used to hold the Judicial Council, as stated in the Mamluk documents.
Al-Shaalan WaterwayTerrace
Landmark Location: Behind Shaalan spring
Ala’a Al-Din Al- Basairi Terrace Al-Basiri terrace Jarkas terrace
Ala’a al-Din- Al-Busairi is located across Al-Nathir gate with a slight deviation to the south, North-west…
Badir spring terrace / ALBUDAIRY TERRACE
In the Ottoman era, Badir Spring terrace was built in a distinctive stone mihrab And was built northwest of…
Qubbat AL-Khader Terrace
Qubbat AL-Khader was built in the Ayyubid or Mamluk era, and was located north of the headquarters of the…
A southern station of the local Zakat Committee terrace
It is located south of the local zakat committee and is adjacent to the western wall of the Rock’s nave, which…
Islam Bey Solitude Building Terrace
It is on the west of Al-Aqsa Mosque and north of the Zakat Committee. It was built in the Ottoman era, and has…
Bab Al-Hadid terrace
Bab AL-Hadid Terrace is located acoss Bab Al-Hadid on the western side of Al-Aqsa Mosque,built in the…
Ali Basha terrace ( Ali Basha mihrab; niche )
Ali Basha terrace is named after its builder, the Ottoman ruler of Jerusalem, Ali Basha, and it is also called…
Bab Al-Qatanin terrace
Bab Al-Qatanin terrace is of the closest terraces to AlQatanin gate, and that’s how it got its name, it is…
The Terrace of the Two Western Trial
West of the Rock’s nave and adjacent to it, and south of the medical clinic towards the staircase of the…
Qait Bay Spring Terrace
It is located on the western side of Al-Aqsa Mosque, south-east of Bab al-Mutahra and Bab al-Qattanin. It…
The mud terrace
The mud terrace is located southwest of Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, between the Dome of Moses and…
Western Marwani Gate Terrace
The Western Marwani Gate terrace, located on the eastern side of Al-Aqsa Mosque, across the Gate of the…
Eastern Olive Terrace
The Eastern Olive Terrace is located in the eastern part of Al-Aqsa Mosque, surrounded by dozens of olive…
The Eastern Terrace of the Eastern Solitude Building (Al-Khalwah Al-Sharqiya)
The eastern retreats is a high terrace with the shape of a niche The eastern side of Al-Aqsa Mosque lies…
Common questions
How many Terraces are in Al-Aqsa Mosque?
QudsInfo lists 41 Terraces in Al-Aqsa Mosque, including Eastern Moroccans Mosque Terrace, AL-Fakhrya Corner Terrace, and Al-Buraq terrace ( Abu Baker terrace ).
What is the best-known of the Terraces in Al-Aqsa Mosque?
Eastern Moroccans Mosque Terrace: Vast, with many exhibits, like its old columns, bases, and crowns that were taken from Al-Aqsa mosque’s…
Eastern Moroccans Mosque Terrace