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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 ...
The seven gates at the time of Suleiman were, clockwise and by their current name: the Damascus Gate; Herod's Gate; Lions' Gate; Golden Gate; Dung Gate; Zion Gate; and Jaffa Gate. With the re-sealing of the Golden Gate by Suleiman, the number of operational gates was only brought back to seven in 1887, with the addition of the New Gate .
The Damascus Gate ( Hebrew: שַׁעַר שְׁכֶם, Sha'ar Sh'khem means Nablus Gate; and Arabic: باب العامود, Bab al-Amud, means the Gate of the Column) is the oldest gate of the of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was built in 1538 on a Roman gate that built before it.
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.
