<Tr> <Th> Ownership </Th> <Td> Disputed, currently managed by the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf </Td> </Tr> <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 Neo-Babylonian Empire 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 under the Achaemenid - appointed governor Zerubbabel . 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 Babylonians destroyed the First Temple, the Romans destroyed the Second Temple and Jerusalem in 70 CE as retaliation for an ongoing Jewish revolt . </P>

Why was the second temple of jerusalem built