Al-Aqsa Mosque

The Al-Aqsa Mosque is a major mosque in Jerusalem and the third holiest site in Islam, located on the Temple Mount. It was built in 751 and replaced an older wooden mosque.

During the time Jerusalem was in Crusader hands, the mosque was used as a royal palace and commonly known as Solomon's Temple, despite not being the real one. In 1119, it was transformed into a headquarters for a newly established Crusader order founded by Hugues de Payens, whose name was derived from that location: the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, otherwise known as the Knights Templar.

Behind the scenes

Aqsa is an Arabic word meaning "remote, (very) far, distant"; Al-Aqsa is traditionally translated as "the farthest".

The mosque's model in Assassin's Creed is smaller than its real-life counterpart, and some of its details and structure are also different compared to the real mosque.

Gallery

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  The mosque's rooftops
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  One of the entrances to the mosque

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed