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Second Temple, Jerusalem

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Dec 07, 2025 12:04 PM — History

The so-called "Second Temple" in Jerusalem stood on the northern edge of the Dome of the Rock and was destroyed in A.D. 70 during the Roman siege.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/973646718

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.7782502, 35.2353407

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Herod's Temple (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Second Temple, Jerusalem makes connections with:

Second Temple, Jerusalem located at Ierusalem/Hierosolyma/Col. Aelia Capitolina (unspecified date range)

Second Temple, Jerusalem receives connections from:

Wilson's Arch abuts Second Temple, Jerusalem (330 BC - AD 300)

Place type:
temple

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Second Temple, Jerusalem: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/973646718> [accessed: 17 June 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/973646718 |title=Places: 973646718 (Second Temple, Jerusalem) |author=Becker, J., S. Gillies |accessdate=June 17, 2026 9:36 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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