Damascus Gate
The Damascus Gate is one of the main Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located in the wall on the city's northwest side and connects to a highway leading out to Nablus, which in the Hebrew Bible was called Shechem or Sichem, and from there, in times…
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 759 metres (2,490 feet)
- …is also known as “Bab al-Amud”
- Description: one of seven open Gates in Jerusalem’s Old City Walls
- Address: القدس
Berthold Werner, Public domain.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Dome of the Rock.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Church
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the… Church of the Holy Sepulchre is situated 370 metres south of Damascus Gate.
Dome of the Rock
Mosque
The Dome of the Rock is an octagonal Islamic shrine… Dome of the Rock is situated 620 metres southeast of Damascus Gate.
Zedekiah’s cave
Museum
Zedekiah's Cave, also known as Solomon's Quarries… Zedekiah’s cave is situated 110 metres northeast of Damascus Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muslim Quarter and East Jerusalem.
Muslim Quarter
Neighborhood
The Muslim Quarter is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled Old City of Jerusalem.
East Jerusalem
East Jerusalem is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories.
Christian Quarter
Neighborhood
The Christian Quarter is one of the four quarters…
Damascus Gate
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Latitude
31.78168° or 31° 46′ 54″ north
Longitude
35.23035° or 35° 13′ 49″ east
Open location code
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Damascus Gate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب العامود,”
- Arabic: “باب العامود”
- Arabic: “باب العمود”
- Armenian: “Դամասկոսյան դարպասներ”
- Armenian: “Դամասկոսյան կամ Շհեմի դարպասներ”
- Azerbaijani: “Dəməşq qapısı”
- Basque: “Damaskoko Atea”
- Bengali: “দামেস্ক গেট”
- Chinese: “大马士革门”
- Croatian: “Damaščanska vrata”
- Czech: “Damašská brána”
- Dutch: “Damascus Gate”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باب العامود”
- Esperanto: “Damaska pordego”
- Finnish: “Damaskoksen portti”
- Finnish: “Damaskosportti”
- French: “porte de Damas”
- French: “Porte de Damas”
- Galician: “Porta de Damasco”
- German: “Damaskustor”
- Greek: “Πύλη της Δαμασκού (Ιερουσαλήμ)”
- Greek: “Πύλη της Δαμασκού”
- Hebrew: “באב אל-עאמוד”
- Hebrew: “שער דמשק”
- Hebrew: “שער שכם”
- Hebrew: “שער שכם”
- Hindi: “दमिश्क गेट”
- Hindi: “दमिश्क़ द्वार”
- Hungarian: “Damaszkuszi kapu”
- Indonesian: “Gerbang Damaskus”
- Italian: “Porta di Damasco”
- Japanese: “ダマスカス門”
- Japanese: “ダマスクス門(バーブルアームード)”
- Macedonian: “Дамаската порта”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Damaskusporten”
- Norwegian: “Damaskusporten”
- Persian: “دروازه دمشق”
- Persian: “دروازه عمود”
- Persian: “دروازههای تاریخی دمشق”
- Polish: “Brama Damasceńska”
- Portuguese: “Portão de Damasco”
- Romanian: “Poarta Damasc”
- Romanian: “Poarta Damascului”
- Russian: “Дамасские ворота”
- Slovenian: “Damaščanska vrata”
- South Azerbaijani: “شام قاپیسی”
- Spanish: “Puerta de Damasco”
- Tamil: “தமஸ்கு வாயில்”
- Turkish: “Şam Kapısı”
- Ukrainian: “Дамаська брама”
- Ukrainian: “Дамаські ворота”
- Urdu: “باب دمشق”
- Urdu: “بابِ دمشق”
- Western Panjabi: “باب دمشق”
- Western Panjabi: “بابِ دمشق”
- Western Panjabi: “دمشق بوہا”
- Western Panjabi: “دمشق گیٹ”
- Yiddish: “שער שכם”
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