Bab Kisan
Bab Kisan is one of the seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. The gate, which is now located in the southeastern part of the Old City, was named in memory of a slave who became famous during a conquest by the Caliph Mu'awiya.Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapel of Saint Paul and Bab ash-Sharqi.
Chapel of Saint Paul
Church
Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chapel of Saint Paul is a church in Damascus, Syria, located along Tarafa bin al-Abd Street near the former Bab Kisan. The chapel, consecrated in 1939, includes some stones from the Bab Kisan, which is believed to be the site of St Paul's escape from Damascus by being lowered out of a window in a basket.
Bab ash-Sharqi
City gate
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab Sharqi, also known as the Gate of the Sun, is one of the seven ancient city gates of Damascus, Syria. Its modern name comes from its location in the eastern side of the city. Bab ash-Sharqi is situated 380 metres northeast of Bab Kisan.
Zeitoun Church
Church
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 Damascus, Syria. Zeitoun Church is situated 240 metres north of Bab Kisan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Damascus and Sarouja.
Damascus
Photo: علي الصمادي, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. A city of immense historical importance, Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.
Sarouja
Town
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sarouja is a municipality of Damascus, Syria, due north of the Old Damascus. It was the first part of Damascus to be built outside the city walls in the 13th century.
Al Midan
Town
Al-Midan is a neighbourhood and municipality in Damascus, Syria, south of the old walled city and near the modern city centre. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 177,456.
Bab Kisan
- Type: City gate
- Description: ancient city gate of Damascus
- Categories: Ancient City of Damascus, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Damascus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.50654° or 33° 30′ 24″ northLongitude
36.31566° or 36° 18′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8G5RG848+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 354573941OpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gateWikidata ID
Q4119844
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Bab Kisan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب كيسان”
- Catalan: “Bab Kisan”
- Chinese: “凯桑门”
- Chinese: “凱桑門”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باب كيسان”
- French: “Bab Kisan”
- French: “Bab kisane”
- German: “Bab Kisan”
- German: “Bab Zuhal”
- Indonesian: “Bab Kisan”
- Malay: “Bab Kisan”
- Polish: “Bab Kisan”
- Russian: “Баб Кисан”
- Russian: “Баб-Кисан”
- Turkish: “Kisan Kapısı”
- Uzbek: “Bab Kisan”
- Uzbek: “Bob Kisan”
- Uzbek: “Kisan darvozasi”
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