Dung Gate

The Dung Gate, also known as Bab al-Maghariba, Mughrabi Gate, Moroccan Gate or Silwan Gate, is one of the Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was built as a small postern gate in the 16th century by the Ottomans, first widened for vehicular traffic in 1952 by the and again in 1985 by the authorities.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: one of seven open Gates in Jerusalem’s Old City Walls
  • Also known as: “Bāb al-Maghāriba”, “Gate of the Moors”, “Maghariba Gate”, and “Moor Gate”
  • Address: Jerusalem

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Al-Aqsa Mosque and Western Wall.

Mosque
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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or in the compound in the Old City of . is situated 200 metres northeast of Dung Gate.

Synagogue
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The is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the of Jerusalem. Its most famous section, known by the same name, often shortened by Jews to the Kotel or Kosel, is known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Arab world and Islamic world as the Buraq Wall. is situated 220 metres north of Dung Gate.

Place of worship
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The is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the in the . It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically-attested religious structure to be built by a Muslim ruler and contains the earliest inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad. is situated 370 metres north of Dung Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jewish Quarter and Old City.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four traditional quarters of the . The area lies in the southwestern sector of the walled city, and stretches from the Zion Gate in the south, along the on the west, up to the Street of the Chain in the north and extends to the and the in the east.

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The of Jerusalem is that part of surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four sectors of the walled Old City of . Located in the southwestern corner of the Old City, it can be accessed through the and .

Dung Gate

Latitude
31.77483° or 31° 46′ 29″ north
Longitude
35.23417° or 35° 14′ 3″ east
Elevation
726 metres (2,382 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6FM+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29944308
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6957221
Wiki­data ID
Q204719
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Dung Gate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باب المغاربة”
  • Arabic: “باب المغاربة‎‎”
  • Arabic: “باب المغاربه”
  • Arabic: “باب_المغاربة”
  • Arabic: “قصة باب المغاربة”
  • Basque: “Simaurraren Atea”
  • Chinese: “粪厂门”
  • Croatian: “Magrepska vrata”
  • Czech: “Hnojná brána”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باب المغاربه”
  • Esperanto: “Sterka pordego”
  • French: “porte des Immondices”
  • French: “Porte des Immondices”
  • French: “porte des Maghrébins”
  • French: “Porte des Maghrébins”
  • German: “Dungtor”
  • German: “Misttor”
  • Greek: “Πύλη Κοπριάς (της Ιερουσαλήμ)”
  • Greek: “Πύλη Κοπριάς”
  • Hebrew: “שער האשפות”
  • Hungarian: “Szemét-kapu”
  • Indonesian: “Gerbang Dung”
  • Italian: “Porta del letame”
  • Italian: “Porta del Letame”
  • Japanese: “糞門”
  • Macedonian: “Мала порта”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Møkkaporten”
  • Norwegian: “Møkkaporten”
  • Persian: “دروازه مغاربه”
  • Polish: “Brama Gnojna”
  • Romanian: “Poarta de Gunoi”
  • Romanian: “Poarta Gunoaielor”
  • Romanian: “Poarta Maghariba”
  • Romanian: “Poarta Mughrabi”
  • Russian: “Мусорные ворота”
  • Slovenian: “Gnojna vrata”
  • Spanish: “Puerta del Estiercol”
  • Spanish: “Puerta del Estiércol”
  • Tamil: “குப்பைமேட்டு வாயில்”
  • Turkish: “Meğaribe Kapısı”
  • Ukrainian: “Сміттєві ворота”
  • Urdu: “باب مغاربہ”
  • Uzbek: “Goʻng darvozasi”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیندا گیٹ”
  • Yiddish: “שער האשפות”

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