Herod’s Gate

Herod's Gate is one of the seven open Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It connects the inside of the old city to the eponymic Palestinian neighbourhood of , situated just outside.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 759 metres (2,490 feet)
  • …is also known as “Bab az-Zahra”
  • Description: one of seven open Gates in Jerusalem’s Old City Walls
  • Address: القدس

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Pool of Bethesda.
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The is an octagonal Islamic shrine… is situated 570 metres south of Herod’s Gate.
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The is referred to in John's Gospel… is situated 270 metres southeast of Herod’s Gate.
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The is one of the main Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. is situated 350 metres southwest of Herod’s Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Jerusalem and Muslim Quarter.
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is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories.
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The is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled .
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is an Arab neighborhood in , north of the .

Herod’s Gate

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Latitude
31.78296° or 31° 46′ 59″ north
Longitude
35.23368° or 35° 14′ 1″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6MM+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 291746174
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6957223
Wiki­data ID
Q1484405

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Herod’s Gate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باب الساهرة”
  • Arabic: “باب الساهره”
  • Armenian: “Հերովդեսի դարպաս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Herod qapısı”
  • Basque: “Herodesen Atea”
  • Breton: “Porzh Herodez”
  • Chinese: “希律门”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باب الساهره”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوابة هيرودس”
  • Esperanto: “Pordo de Herodo”
  • Finnish: “Herodeksen portti”
  • French: “porte d’Hérode”
  • French: “Porte d’Hérode”
  • German: “Herodestor”
  • Greek: “Πύλη του Ηρώδη (Ιερουσαλήμ)”
  • Greek: “Πύλη του Ηρώδη”
  • Hebrew: “שער הורדוס”
  • Hebrew: “שער הפרחים”
  • Hungarian: “Heródes-kapu”
  • Indonesian: “Gerbang Herod”
  • Italian: “Porta di Erode”
  • Japanese: “ヘロデ門”
  • Macedonian: “Иродова порта”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Herodesporten”
  • Norwegian: “Herodesporten”
  • Persian: “دروازه ساهره”
  • Polish: “Brama Heroda”
  • Romanian: “Poarta lui Irod”
  • Russian: “Ворота Ирода”
  • Slovenian: “Herodova vrata”
  • Spanish: “Puerta de Herodes”
  • Tamil: “ஏரோது வாயில்”
  • Turkish: “Herod Kapısı (eski)”
  • Ukrainian: “Ворота Ірода”
  • Urdu: “باب ساہرہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہیروڈ گیٹ”

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