Zion Gate
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Zion Gate | |
Location in Old Jerusalem | |
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Town or city | Jerusalem |
Coordinates | 31°46′22.3″N 35°13′45.7″E / 31.772861°N 35.229361°E |
Zion Gate (Hebrew: שַׁעַר צִיּוֹן, Shaar Zion, Arabic: Bab Sahyun) also known in Arabic as Bab Harat al-Yahud ("Jewish Quarter Gate"),[1] or Bab an-Nabi Dawud ("Prophet David Gate"), is one of eight gates in the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel.
References
- ↑ Johannes Pahlitzsch; Lorenz Korn (2004). Governing the Holy City: the interaction of social groups in Jerusalem between the Fatimid and the Ottoman period. Reichert. p. 122. ISBN 978-3-89500-404-9. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
Coordinates: 31°46′22.3″N 35°13′45.7″E / 31.772861°N 35.229361°E
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