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Just to the east of the Dome of the Rock is a structure known as the Dome of the Chain. It is neither a mosque nor a shrine, but rather a place of prayer. It was built around 691 AD during the Umayyad period by Abd al-Malik, builder of the Dome of the Rock.
Interestingly, it is positioned in the precise center of the Temple Mount and is considered by some to be the place where the Altar of Sacrifice of Solomon's Temple once stood.
Some think it got its name from an ancient tradition that it was the site
where King David hung a chain that could not be grasped or touched by anyone
deceitful, unjust or wicked and where his son King Solomon administered
justice.
Others think it got its name when Crusaders falsely identified it as the place where James was chained before he was martyred (Acts 12:2).
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