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The Old Gate is one of the many gates of the wall of Jerusalem, located on the northern side. It was repaired by the Jebusites during the wall rebuilding in the Book of Nehemiah . In some versions the gate is called "the Jeshanah Gate", which translates to "the old gate".
The Old Gate (German: Altpörtel) is the medieval west city gate of Speyer, [1] and is one of the original 68 towers in the old walls and gates. Today it is one of the largest (55 metres or 180 feet tall) and most architecturally significant of the remaining city gates in Germany .
The current walls of the Old City of Jerusalem were built between 1533 and 1540 on orders of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, who provided them with seven gates: six new gates were built, and the older and previously sealed Golden Gate was reopened (only to be re-sealed again after a few years).
A 5,500-year-old gate discovered at the Tel Erani site in Israel is more than just an ancient city gate. It also stands for the possible launch of urbanization throughout all of Israel.. The find ...
Old Gate may refer to: Old Gate (Jerusalem), a gate in Jerusalem; Old Gate (Speyer), a gate in Speyer, Germany This page was last edited on 18 ...
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.
The western set is a double-arched gate (the Double Gate), and the eastern is a triple-arched gate (the Triple Gate). [3] There still are a few Herodian architectural elements visible outside and inside the gates, while most everything else of what we see today is later, Muslim-period work.
'Golden Gate') is the only eastern gate of the Temple Mount, and one of only two Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem that used to offer access into the city from the East side. The gate has been sealed since 1541, the most recent of several sealings.