Herod's Gate
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Herod's Gate (Hebrew: Translit.: Sha'ar HaPerachim Translated: Gate of the flowers, Arabic: ) is a gate in the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Its elevation is 755 meters above sea level. It adjoins the Muslim Quarter, and is a short distance to the east of the Damascus Gate. In proximity to the gate is an Arab neighborhood called Bab a-Zahara, a variation of the Arabic name for the gate. This modest gate is one of the newest gates of Jerusalem. At the time when Suleiman the Magnificent built the wall, ...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Herod's Gate (Hebrew: Translit.: Sha'ar HaPerachim Translated: Gate of the flowers, Arabic: ) is a gate in the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Its elevation is 755 meters above sea level. It adjoins the Muslim Quarter, and is a short distance to the east of the Damascus Gate. In proximity to the gate is an Arab neighborhood called Bab a-Zahara, a variation of the Arabic name for the gate. This modest gate is one of the newest gates of Jerusalem. At the time when Suleiman the Magnificent built the wall, a small wicket gate was situated in front of the current gate, which was rarely opened. By 1875, in order to provide a passageway to the neighborhoods which were beginning to develop north of the Old City, the Ottomans made a breach in the northern part of the structure and closed the original opening.
