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440: 428: 95: 416: 1928: 82: 523: 2362: 2374: 2350: 2398: 2386: 601:, said of Damascus Gate, " has become a symbol for the Palestinian national struggle because of its accessibility to Palestinians and the main connecting point for both worshippers and for markets." Damascus Gate has been an ongoing site of violent confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers and police. In 2016, there were more than 15 attacks at the gate. 102: 554:(IAA) under a house approximately 40 m south of Damascus Gate. The large paving slabs he unearthed were probably part of the plaza's pavement, but it cannot be ruled out that they were laid out in one of the streets radiating south of it. Excavations have revealed that construction within the Damascus Gate continued under the Byzantine emperor, 439: 427: 352:
period (1187–1192), and the 13th-century second phase of Crusader rule over Jerusalem. The Crusader barbican consisted mainly in an outer gatehouse opening to the east, and connected to the central portal of the Roman gate by an L-shaped courtyard enclosed by massive walls. The barbican was destroyed
299:, who visited the region in 129/130 CE. Directly below the 16th-century gate there is an older gate, dated by most archaeologists to the second century CE. In the square behind this gate stood a Roman victory column topped by a statue of Emperor Hadrian, as depicted on the 6th-century 303:. This historical detail is preserved in the current gate's Arabic name, Bab el-Amud, meaning "gate of the column". On the lintel of the 2nd-century gate, which has been made visible by archaeologists beneath today's Ottoman gate, is inscribed the city's Roman name after 130 CE, 546:, revealing the entire eastern gate opening, as well as the remains of the towers east and west of the gate and the pavement of the plaza opening up behind (south of) the gateway. The exact extent of the Roman plaza inside the gate is not known, even after the 2013 343:
period, but several storerooms were added by the Crusaders outside the gate, so that access to the city became possible only by passing through those rooms. Several phases of construction work on the gate took place during the early 12th century (first Crusader
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In April 2021, Israeli police closed the staired plaza outside the gate, a traditional holiday gathering spot for Palestinians. The closure triggered violent night clashes; the barricades were removed after several days.
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The Damascus Gate is a cultural icon in much of Palestinian literature and culture. It has folkloric and sentimental value to many Palestinians which includes imagery of women selling
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Directly below the current, 16th-century gate, an older gate is partially visible, first erected as a triumphal gate for the visit of the Roman emperor Hadrian in 129/130 CE.
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On 18 October 2021, at least 22 Palestinians were wounded and 25 arrested. Since 10 October, when Jerusalem Municipality renewed excavations of graves in the historic Muslim
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published an article that year, entitled "Jerusalem's ancient Damascus Gate is at the heart of a modern wave of violence".
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next to Damascus Gate and exposed the facade of the Roman gate's eastern opening, and the Crusader-period outer gate or
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Until the latest excavations (1979–1984), some researchers believed that Hadrian's gate was preceded by one erected by
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turret loomed over the gate, but it was damaged in the fighting that took place in and around the Old City during the
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The Damascus Gate, Jerusalem: Excavations by C.-M. Bennett and J.B. Hennessy at the Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, 1964-66
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Beneath the current gate, the remains of an earlier gate can be seen, dating back to the time of the Roman Emperor
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Jerusalem in the time of the crusades: society, landscape, and art in the Holy City under Frankish rule
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The Damascus Gate is the only Jerusalem gate to have preserved its Arabic name,
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Cairo, Jerusalem & Damascus: Three Chief Cities of the Egyptian Sultans
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to the wall, and four stone slabs combine to form the crenellated top.
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near the Old City, mounting Palestinian anger led to daily arrests.
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when he tore down all fortifications in Palestine, and in 1239 by
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In its current form, the gate was built in 1537 under the rule of
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The Damascus Gate is flanked by two towers, each equipped with
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or Sichem, and from there, in times past, to the capital of
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The Roman gate remained in use during the Early Muslim and
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Gate the stairs descend towards the gate. Until 1967, a
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HD Virtual Tour of the Damascus Gate - December 2007
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Index

Nablus Gate
Bawabet Dimashq
Arabic
Hebrew

Damascus Gate is located in Jerusalem
Latin
Jerusalem
Coordinates
31°46′53.9″N 35°13′49.8″E / 31.781639°N 35.230500°E / 31.781639; 35.230500
Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem
Nablus
Hebrew Bible
Shechem
Syria
Damascus
modern Hebrew
Suleiman the Magnificent
Hadrian
Madaba Map
Aelia Capitolina
Agrippa I
Third Wall
triumphal gate
protective walls built around Jerusalem
Crusader
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Ayyubid
al-Mu'azzam 'Isa
an-Nasir Da'ud

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