Golden Gate

The Golden Gate or Gate of Mercy is the only eastern gate of the , and one of only two Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem that used to offer access into the city from the East side.
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  • Type: Sally port
  • Description: architectural structure; Gate of ancient city wall of Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Bāb ar-Raḥma”, “Gate of Mercy”, “Gate of Repentance”, and “Scha’ar haRachamim”
  • Address: Jerusalem
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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 200 metres southwest of Golden Gate.

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 340 metres southwest of Golden 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 350 metres southwest of Golden Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gethsemane and Muslim Quarter.

Locality
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is a garden as well as a courtyard at the foot of the in , where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested before his crucifixion.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled . It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City.

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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.

Golden Gate

Latitude
31.77896° or 31° 46′ 44″ north
Longitude
35.23709° or 35° 14′ 14″ east
Elevation
735 metres (2,411 feet)
Height
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6HP+HR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 291836693
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Geo­Names ID
6957222
Wiki­data ID
Q1367167
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Golden Gate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الباب الذهبي”
  • Arabic: “باب الرحمة”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qızıl Qapı (Qüds)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qızıl Qapı”
  • Basque: “Urrezko Atea”
  • Breton: “Dor Alaouret”
  • Catalan: “Porta Daurada”
  • Chinese: “金門”
  • Chinese: “金门”
  • Croatian: “Zlatna vrata”
  • Czech: “Zlatá brána”
  • Dutch: “Gouden Poort”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باب الرحمه”
  • Esperanto: “Ora Pordego”
  • Finnish: “Kultainen portti”
  • French: “porte dorée”
  • French: “Porte dorée”
  • Georgian: “ოქროს კარიბჭე”
  • German: “Bāb ar-Raḥma”
  • German: “Goldenes Tor”
  • German: “Scha’ar haRachamim”
  • German: “Tor des Erbarmens”
  • Greek: “Χρυσή Πύλη (της Ιερουσαλήμ)”
  • Greek: “Χρυσή Πύλη”
  • Hebrew: “באב א-דהריה”
  • Hebrew: “באב א-רחאמה”
  • Hebrew: “שער הרחמים”
  • Hungarian: “Arany kapu”
  • Indonesian: “Gerbang Emas”
  • Italian: “Porta d’Oro”
  • Japanese: “黄金門”
  • Korean: “황금문”
  • Macedonian: “Златна порта”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den evige livs port”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den gylne port”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den gylne porten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den nydelige porten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gullporten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nådens port”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sha’ar Harachamim”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “The Golden Gate”
  • Norwegian: “Den gyldne porten”
  • Norwegian: “Den gylne porten”
  • Persian: “باب رحمت”
  • Polish: “Brama Złota w Jerozolimie”
  • Polish: “Brama Złota”
  • Portuguese: “Porta Dourada”
  • Portuguese: “Portão de Ouro”
  • Romanian: “Poarta „de Aur””
  • Romanian: “Poarta de Aur”
  • Russian: “Золотые ворота”
  • Russian: “Золотые Врата”
  • Slovak: “Zlatá brána (Jeruzalem)”
  • Slovak: “Zlatá brána”
  • Slovenian: “Vrata milosti”
  • Slovenian: “Zlata vrata”
  • Spanish: “Puerta Dorada”
  • Swedish: “Den gyllene porten”
  • Swedish: “Den vackra porten”
  • Swedish: “Det eviga livets port”
  • Swedish: “Eviga livets port”
  • Swedish: “Gamla Jerusalems port”
  • Swedish: “Guldporten”
  • Swedish: “Gyllene porten, Jerusalem”
  • Swedish: “Gyllene porten”
  • Swedish: “Nådeporten”
  • Swedish: “Vackra porten”
  • Tamil: “தங்க வாயில்”
  • Turkish: “Altın Kapı (Kudüs)”
  • Turkish: “Altın Kapı”
  • Ukrainian: “Золоті ворота”
  • Urdu: “باب رحمت”
  • Vietnamese: “Cổng Vàng”

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