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It is located in the wall on the city's northwest side and connects to a highway leading out to Nablus, which in the Hebrew Bible was called Shechem or Sichem, and from there, in times past, to the capital of Syria, Damascus; as such, its modern English name is the Damascus Gate, and its modern Hebrew name is Sha'ar Shkhem (שער שכם ...
- Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem - Wikipedia
The seven gates at the time of Suleiman were, clockwise and...
- Damascus Gate - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Damascus Gate ( Hebrew: שַׁעַר שְׁכֶם, Sha'ar Sh'khem...
- Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem - Wikipedia
Damascus Gate is the main entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located in the wall on the city's northwest side where the highway leads out to Nablus, and from there, in times past, to the capital of Syria, Damascus; as such, its modern English name is Damascus Gate, and its modern Hebrew name, Sha'ar Shkhem (Hebrew: שער שכם ...
Damascus Gate/Bab al-Amud. On the northwest wall is the Damascus Gate /Bab al-Amud (built 1536–38), which Ottoman court architect Sinan is said to have personally designed. 3 (It faced the Syrian capital, and the road leading out from it led to Damascus; hence the name in English.)
Jaffa Gate ( Hebrew: שער יפו, romanized : Sha'ar Yafo; Arabic: باب الخليل, romanized : Bāb al-Khalīl, "Hebron Gate") is one of the seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem . The name Jaffa Gate is currently used for both the historical Ottoman gate from 1538, and for the wide gap in the city wall adjacent to it to the south.
Damascus Gate, also called Nablus Gate and the Gate of the Pillar, is the largest and most impressive of the entrances into the Old City, and the most heavily used entrance into the Muslim Quarter. The gate opens onto Nablus Road, which leads to the city of Nablus (Neopolis to the Romans), and, eventually to Damascus.
