It is an open terrace with no shade except when the sun is down. It has a simple iron niche,the people of Jerusalem used to stand there waiting for praying to the dead, and that’s how it got its name.
Funerals Terrace
This terrace is located south of the Dome of the Rock, north of the funerary chapel that is in the northern gallery of Al-Qibli Mosque, in the north-eastern corner of Al-Qibli Mosque .
- Built by
- The ottomans
- Era
- Ottoman
- Place
- Al-Aqsa Mosque
Terraces
Other landmarks in the same category
All (41)Al Marwani Gates’ Staircase Terrace
This mausoleum acquired its name based on its distinctive location in front of the stairs of Al- Marwani mosque, located in the south-eastern corner of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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 terraces, was built in the 20th century with a simple iron niche,the terrace contains a low iron rail that surrounds the southern side along the way to the north.
Sabra and Shatila Terrace
The Sabra and Shatila Terrace is a modern building built in the twentieth century in 1402 AH / 1982, and is located southeast of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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 built in the modern era, in the twentieth century in half a niche built underground from stone and concrete.
Al – Ghazali Terrace
Al-Ghazali terrace was built in the 20th century in honor of Imam Ghazali, who studied in the Nasirite school above Bab al-Rahma, where he wrote part of his book “Reviving the Sciences of Religion”.
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 was built either during the Ottoman or Mamluk times.
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 was built in the 20th century with a simple iron niche.