Al-Marwani Mosque

The Al-Marwani Mosque occupies the ancient vaulted halls beneath the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, long known as Solomon's Stables. The irregular hall stretches over 80 meters in length with ceiling heights between 9 and 10 meters, its masonry layered across Herodian, Umayyad, and Crusader periods — the Knights Templar used the space as a stable for their horses during the 12th century. Named in reference to the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik, who shaped much of the Temple Mount's Islamic architectural legacy. Converted into a functioning mosque in 1996, the space accommodates thousands of worshippers; the low vaulted ceilings and dim light give the prayer hall a distinctly subterranean gravity unlike any conventional mosque.