It was initially completed in 691–92 CE by Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik. The original dome collapsed in 1015 and was rebuilt in 1022–23.
During the Ottoman period, 1959-61, the gold-plated roof was added. , in 1959–61 and again in 1993. It is the site where Abraham attempted to sacrifice his son. The place where the Prophet Muhammad's Night Journey to heaven started from the rock at the center of the structure
A UNESCO World Heritage called "Jerusalem's most recognizable landmark,