The Temple is the Templar complex in Jerusalorium, built on and within the former Al’Aqsa mosque and the ruins of the Temple of Solomon. Its plan has 32 numbered zones, descending from the places of worship to the alchemy cellars.
Zones
- The Courtyard, with tents for 300–400 refugees
- Sancta Sanctorum / main temple, where Hugues de Payens officiates
- Corridor of the cells
- Library / reliquary / scriptorium (Arabic manuscripts)
- Cupis Medica / hospital
- Alchemy laboratory
- Main hall
- Library archive
- Room of Master Glaucom
- Office of Hugues de Payens
- Payens’s room
- Librarian’s room
- Room of Elizabeth de Beauvois
Underground levels are reached from zone 20 (stables / giant shed). The site shows archaeological stratigraphy.