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The gate house, which is accessed from the Temple Mount by descending a wide flight of stairs leading into it, and where the current ground floor is built in the shape of a rectangle measuring 24 metres (79 ft) × 17 metres (56 ft) (exterior wall measurements), is surrounded by walls, the length of which space is divided by a row of columns ...
'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. Its interior can be accessed from the Temple Mount.
The Temple Mount (Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת, romanized: Har haBayīt, lit. 'Temple Mount'), also known as the Noble Sanctuary (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, 'Haram al-Sharif'), and sometimes as Jerusalem's holy esplanade, [2] [3] is a hill in the Old City of Jerusalem that has been venerated as a holy site for thousands of years, including in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
This gate led to the underground area of the Temple Mount known as Solomon's Stables: Herodian period: Southern wall of Temple Mount: Sealed Huldah Gates: Sha'arei Chulda שערי חולדה Two gates: The Triple Gate, as it comprises three arches. Also known as Bab an-Nabi (باب النبي, "Gate of the Prophet Muhammad")
The exact location of the Temple is a contentious issue, ... The Gate of Jeconiah ... Revealing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
To the previously mentioned variations in identification adds yet another gate, the now walled-up Funeral Gate (bab al-jana'iz), just south of the Golden Gate, also known as 'Gate of al-Buraq' and marked as such on a 1864 Temple Mount map by Melchior de Vogüé, based on the 1833 survey by Frederick Catherwood [44] [185] (see Bab al-Rahmah ...
The Dung Gate was originally known as the Maghrebi Gate. This name alludes to the Mughrabi Quarter, a neighborhood of North African Kutama Fatimids, which was historically situated just inside the gate. The same name also refers to a different gate which overlooks the old Mughrabi Quarter site and allows entrance into the Temple Mount above.
Warren's Gate (Hebrew: שער וורן, romanized: Sha'ar Varen) is an ancient entrance into the Temple platform in Jerusalem Located about 150 feet (46 m) into the Western Wall Tunnel , the gate was first described by and later named after nineteenth century British surveyor Charles Warren .