Bab ash-Sharqi

Bab Sharqi, also known as the Gate of the Sun, is one of the seven ancient of , . Its modern name comes from its location in the eastern side of the city.
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  • Type: City gate
  • Description: ancient city gate of Damascus
  • Also known as: “bab sharki” and “Bab Sharqi”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Orthodox Armenian Church and Zeitoun Church.

Church
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Church
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The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, also known as The Olive Church or the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady, is the cathedral of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the city of , . is situated 160 metres southwest of Bab ash-Sharqi.

Church
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The is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the in . While a metropolitan see, the Archeparchy of Damascus is without suffragans and is exempt directly to the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Damascus and Sarouja.

Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of . A city of immense historical importance, was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.

Town
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is a municipality of , , due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.

Village
also Jawbar, Jober or Joubar, is a village on the outskirts of northeast of the old city walls. It contains the most venerated site for Syrian Jews, the 2,000-year-old Synagogue, named for the biblical prophet Elijah, and has been a place of Jewish pilgrimage for many centuries. is situated 2½ km northeast of Bab ash-Sharqi.

Bab ash-Sharqi

Latitude
33.50943° or 33° 30′ 34″ north
Longitude
36.31785° or 36° 19′ 4″ east
Open location code
8G5RG859+Q4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 354570900
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Wiki­data ID
Q4837223
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bab ash-Sharqi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باب الشرقي”
  • Arabic: “باب شرقي دمشق”
  • Arabic: “باب شرقي”
  • Armenian: “Բաբ Շարկի”
  • Catalan: “Bab Xarqi”
  • Catalan: “Porta de l’Est”
  • Catalan: “Porta del Sol”
  • Chinese: “东门”
  • Dutch: “Bab Sharqi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باب شرقى”
  • Finnish: “Bab Šarqi”
  • French: “Bab ash-Sharqi”
  • French: “Bab Charki”
  • German: “Bab Scharki”
  • German: “Bab Scharqi”
  • German: “Osttor”
  • Indonesian: “Bab Syarqi”
  • Italian: “Bab Sharqi”
  • Japanese: “ダマスクス旧市街の東門”
  • Malay: “Bab Sharqi”
  • Persian: “باب شرقی”
  • Russian: “Баб Шарки”
  • Spanish: “Bab Sharqi”
  • Turkish: “Bab Şarki”
  • Turkish: “Şark Kapısı”
  • Uzbek: “Bab Sharqiy”
  • Uzbek: “Bob Sharqiy”
  • Uzbek: “Quyosh darvozasi”
  • Uzbek: “Sharqiy darvoza”
  • Vietnamese: “Bab Sharqi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include باب شرقي and قلعة.

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