Jerusalem: Arch
Places and attractions in the Arch category
Categories
- Church
- Museum
- Archaeological site
- Sacred and religious sites
- Historical place
- Synagogue
- Neighbourhood
- Park
- History museum
- Temple
- Cemetery
- Shopping
- Specialty museum
- Natural attraction
- Monastery
- Mosque
- Street
- Tomb
- Memorial
- Square
- Nature
- Area
- Archaeological museum
- Art museum
- Concerts and shows
- Theater
- Architecture
- Arch
- Shopping centre
- Forts and castles
- View point
- Garden
- Valley
- Library
- Mountain
- Sport
- Sport venue
Jaffa Gate
Historic gate in Jerusalem's city walls Jaffa 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.
Zion Gate
Zion Gate, also known in Arabic as Bab Harat al-Yahud or Bab an-Nabi Dawud, is one of the seven historic Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Dung Gate
The Dung Gate or Silwan Gate, also known as the Mughrabi Gate, is one of the Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was built as a small postern gate in the 16th century by the Ottomans, first widened for vehicular traffic in 1952 by the Jordanians, and again in 1985 by the Israeli authorities.
New Gate
The New Gate is the newest of the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was built in 1889 to provide direct access between the Christian Quarter and the new neighborhoods then going up outside the walls.
Lions' Gate
Lions' Gate, also St Stephen's Gate, is one of the Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is one of seven open gates in the Old City walls. It is associated with the ancient Sheep Gate.
Herod's Gate
Herod's Gate is one of the seven open Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It connects the Muslim Quarter inside of the old city to the eponymic Palestinian neighbourhood of Bab az-Zahra, situated just outside.
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Region: Jerusalem