<Tr> <Th> Public access </Th> <Td> Yes (limited) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Second Temple (Hebrew: בֵּית ־ הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי ‎, Beit HaMikdash HaSheni) was the Jewish Holy Temple which stood on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period, between 516 BCE and 70 CE . According to Jewish tradition, it replaced Solomon's Temple (the First Temple), which was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, when Jerusalem was conquered and part of the population of the Kingdom of Judah was taken into exile to Babylon . </P> <P> The Second Temple was originally a rather modest structure constructed by a number of Jewish exile groups returning to the Levant from Babylon . However, during the reign of Herod the Great, the Second Temple was completely refurbished, and the original structure was totally overhauled into the large and magnificent edifices and facades that are more recognizable . Much like the First Temple, the Second Temple was destroyed alongside Jerusalem in 70 CE by the Romans, in retaliation to an ongoing Jewish revolt . </P> <P> Jewish eschatology includes a belief that the Second Temple will be replaced by a future Third Temple . </P>

Who began to rebuild the temple in the book of ezra