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 old gate has the layout of a medieval gate tower with an L-shaped entryway, which was secured at both ends (north and east) with heavy doors.
The breach in the wall was created in 1898 by the Ottoman authorities in order to allow German emperor Wilhelm II to enter the city triumphally. The breach and the ramp leading to it now allow cars to access the Old City from the west.
The L-shape of the historical gateway was a classical defensive measure designed to slow oncoming attackers, with its outer gate oriented in the direction of Jaffa Road, from which travellers including pilgrims arrived at the end of their journey from the port of Jaffa.
JaffaGate (Hebrew: שער יפו, romanized: Sha'ar Yafo; Arabic: باب الخليل, romanized: Bāb al-Khalīl, "Hebron Gate") is one of the seven main open gates...
Damascus Gate; Golden Gate; Herod's Gate; JaffaGate; Lions' Gate; Silwan Gate (also known as Mughrabi Gate, and now as Dung Gate); and Zion Gate. After...
on Jaffa Road depicting artist's vision of the Jerusalem Light Rail in operation. Jaffa road Jerusalem Jaffa Road in the rain Interior of JaffaGate in...
القلعة, romanized: al-Qala'a), is an ancient citadel located near the JaffaGate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. The citadel that stands today dates...
extending from the New Gate in the north, along the western wall of the Old City as far as the JaffaGate, along the JaffaGate - Western Wall route in...
established in the late 19th century outside the Old City, west of the JaffaGate. Until 1948 it was a mixed Jewish–Arab business district. Between 1948...
entrances—JaffaGate, Jerusalem Gate and Rishon LeZion Gate, all of which are located within the municipalities, and not within Tzrifin proper. The JaffaGate links...
Quarter. In contrast to the JaffaGate, where stairs rise towards the gate, at the Damascus Gate the stairs descend towards the gate. Until 1967, a crenellated...
street and the only open-air mall in West Jerusalem. Located northwest of JaffaGate, the mall consists of a 2,000-foot (610 m) pedestrian promenade called...
al-Aref, another Arab Club member, delivered a speech on horseback at the JaffaGate. The nature of his speech is disputed. According to Benny Morris, he said...
remains of a large paved courtyard south of the JaffaGate between two fortification walls, with an outer gate and an inner one leading to a barracks. The...
extending from the New Gate in the north, along the western wall of the Old City as far as the JaffaGate, along the JaffaGate – Western Wall route in...
December, General Edmund Allenby entered the Old City on foot through the JaffaGate instead of horse or vehicles to show respect for the holy city. He was...
arab sergeant and three arab police officers. Another train attack near Jaffa left a fireman and an Arab police guard wounded and stranded the day's first...
located approximately one and three-quarter miles from the Old City's JaffaGate. For example, the reference to the "precious cornerstone" of the new Jerusalem...
one and three-quarter miles (2.8 km) from the Old City of Jerusalem's JaffaGate. The phrase Har Tzion, lit. "Mount Zion", appears nine times in the Tanakh...
is a convent near Bethlehem, and another small one just opposite the Jaffagate, and others beside. The Arabs believe that George can restore mad people...
bomb into a large group of civilians who were waiting for a bus by the JaffaGate, killing 20. Another Irgun bomb went off in the Ramla market on 18 February...
anecdotes about the windmill appear in a 1933 book, which refers to it as the JaffaGate Mill. The first is that there was much opposition from among the local...
1939 Jewish militants (Irgun) 5 5 Arabs were killed by a bomb at the JaffaGate in Jerusalem. N/A June 19, 1939 Jewish Militants (Irgun) 20 20 Arabs were...
outside the walls of the Old City about 650 metres (710 yd) northwest of JaffaGate in the centre of the Mamilla Cemetery. With a capacity of 30,000 cubic...
article: 2003 in hip hop music Next article: 2005 in hip hop music "Noah23 & JaffaGate - Ancient Israelites Older Than Anorthosite". Discogs. DigitalCavalry...
southwestern corner of the Old City, it can be accessed through the Zion Gate and JaffaGate. It occupies an area of 0.126 km² (126 dunam), which is 14% of the...
The Jaffa riots (commonly known in Hebrew: מאורעות תרפ"א, romanized: Me'oraot Tarpa) were a series of violent riots in Mandatory Palestine on May 1–7...
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