TheDome of Yusuf Agha (Arabic:قبة يوسف أغاQubbat Yūsuf Agha) is a small square building with a dome in theal-Aqsa Compound (al-Ḥaram ash-Sharīf), in the courtyard between theIslamic Museum andal-Aqsa Mosque (al-Qibli).
It was built in 1681 and commemorates YusufAgha. He also endowed theDome of Yusuf,[1][2] a smaller and more intricate-looking structure about 120 metres (390 ft) to the north.
It was converted in the 1970s into a ticket office[1][3] and an information kiosk for visitors.[4]
It is in the middle of an open-air courtyard that stores detachedcolumn capitals.[5]To its south is theal-Aqsa Library.
To its west are theIslamic Museum and theMoors' Gate (Morocco Gate). There's another domed building to its northwest: theSabīl Bāb al-Maghāriba (thesebil of the Moors' Gate).
To its southwest is theal-Fakhariyya Minaret.To its north is amihrab with a small window in it, the mihrab of thePine Platform (مصطبة الصنوبر) (Maṣṭabat aṣ-Ṣanawbar).
[…] two structures erected by Yusuf Agha in 1681 – the Qubbat Yusuf (an open-plan aedicule) and the Qubbat Yusuf Agha (a closed domed square) — clearly suggest that, despite the identical terminology, different forms connoted different functions in Jerusalem at that time.
theHaram al-Sharif is free, but an entrance fee is charged for visiting theDome of the Rock, theJami'a al-Aqsa Mosque and theIslamic Museum. Tickets can be purchased with local currency from the kiosk outside the Islamic Museum
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