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Palestine – Masjid al Aqsa

Dome of Yusuf Agha

Today, it is used as an information office of Al-Aqsa Mosque, a governor of Jerusalem built this dome to the west of Masjid al-Aqsa in 1681 CE

Jerusalem, Palestine

Coordinates: 31.777207, 35.234942

Yusuf Agha, an Ottoman governor of Jerusalem, built this dome to the west of Al-Aqsa Mosque in 1092 AH/1681 AC.

It is a square-shaped building topped with a small dome. Today, it is used as an information office of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The monument underwent many changes and additions in the early 1970s, when the Restoration Committee of al-Aqsa Mosque converted it into a ticket office for Haram visitors.

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