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The Dome of the Chain is a free-standing dome located east of the Dome of the Rock in the Old City of Jerusalem. One of the oldest structures on the Temple Mount, it is used as a prayer house. Built in the late 7th century by the Umayyads, it was a Christian chapel under the Crusaders before being restored as an Islamic prayer house by the Ayyubids. Over the years, it has been renovated by the Mamluks, Ottomans, and the Palestinian-based waqf.Photograph: Andrew Shiva