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The Jedi Temple was the headquarters of the Jedi Order on Coruscant during the last four thousand years of the Galactic Republic, home to its major training, bureaucratic and dormitory facilities.

Layout
The Jedi Temple was built around a natural spire rising from Galactic City, and over the years following the move from Ossus to Coruscant, became a massive ziggurat whose peak stood over a kilometer above the surrounding buildings in the Temple Precinct. From the Precinct, a long, broad promenade known as the Processional Way led up to the entrance of the Jedi Temple, marked with statues of the founding Masters of the structure. The design of the Temple was intended to reflect the journey of a Jedi Initiate towards the path of enlightenment, ascending from the positions of Youngling and Padawan to eventually become a Jedi Master.

Spires
This symbolism was exemplified by the placement of five spires rising from the flat-topped pinnacle of the Temple ziggurat. The four towers surrounding the central Temple Spire housed Council chambers, wherein the Masters of the Jedi Order convened to discuss and determine the future of the Jedi. The most famous of these Councils was the Jedi High Council, the ultimate authority within the Temple and the Order itself.

The Temple Spire was topped by a chamber containing the oldest and most sacred Jedi texts, below which was located the Hall of Knighthood. Here, Padawans became fully-fledged Jedi Knights, and Knights took the final step and became Jedi Masters. Memorial statues of the greatest of all the Jedi were suspended within the rest of the spire.

History
The Jedi Temple began as a series of Jedi training facilities surrounding a natural, sacred spire in Galactic City. When the Jedi Order formally moved its base of operations from the Old Jedi Temple on Ossus to Coruscant, the established structure was significantly expanded.