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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Octagonal buildings in Canada, Octagonal buildings in the United States, Round and octagonal synagogues, Dome of the Rock, Capernaum, Basilica of San Vitale, Sheldon Jackson College, Highland Park Dentzel Carousel and Shelter Building, Split Rock Lighthouse, Roof-top synagogue, Point Lonsdale Lighthouse, List of octagonal buildings and structures, Stadttempel, List of octagonal buildings and structures in the United States, Chinaman's Hat, Sodom Schoolhouse, Palatine Chapel in Aachen, Octagon Theatre, Bolton, Tower of the Winds, Cape Henry Light, Portland Observatory, Octagon Hotel, Liaodi Pagoda, Huron Historic Gaol, Rumbach Street synagogue, Fort Edgecomb, Navajo Nation Council Chamber, Point Judith Light, Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, Eldred Rock Light, Octagon Building, The Octagon, Lingxiao Pagoda, Bastion, Worlitz Synagogue, Octagon Chapel, Norwich, Klaebu Church, Dryden District School No. 5, Modern Times School, Goodnow Library, Franklin County G. A. R. Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Octagon Centre, Octagonal Poultry House, Charter Oak Schoolhouse, Old Post Office, Lincoln Square Synagogue, Hedvig Eleonora Church, Pachena Point Light, Brightwood Beach Cottage, Ferdows Religious School, Octagonal Schoolhouse, Hood Octagonal School, Andover Public Library, Dickey's Octagonal Barbershop, City Market, Church of St. Giacomo. Excerpt: The Dome of the Rock (Arabic:, translit.: Masjid Qubbat As-Sakhrah, Hebrew:, translit.: Kipat Hasela) is an Islamic mosque located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. The structure, the oldest extant example of early Islamic architecture, was completed in 691 CE at the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik. The site's significance stems from religious traditions regarding the rock, known as the Foundation Stone, at its heart. The Dome of the Rock is..
