Jaffa Gate

Jaffa Gate is one of the seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. The name Jaffa Gate is currently used for both the historical Ottoman gate from 1538, and for the wide gap in the city wall adjacent to it to the south.
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  • City gate
  • Description: one of seven open gates in Jerusalem’s Old City walls
  • Address: Jerusalem
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Dome of the Rock.
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The , also known as the… is situated 290 metres northeast of Jaffa Gate.
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The is an octagonal Islamic shrine… is situated 750 metres east of Jaffa Gate.
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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque… is situated 760 metres east of Jaffa Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Armenian Quarter and Christian Quarter.
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The is one of the four sectors of the walled Old City of .
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The is one of the four quarters…
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is the largest city of Israel.

Jaffa Gate

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Latitude
31.77663° or 31° 46′ 36″ north
Longitude
35.22754° or 35° 13′ 39″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6GH+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 561157424
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Wiki­data ID
Q312812

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Jaffa Gate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باب الخليل”
  • Armenian: “Յաֆֆյան դարպասներ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yaffa qapısı”
  • Basque: “Jaffako Atea”
  • Breton: “Porzh Jaffa”
  • Chinese: “雅法門”
  • Chinese: “雅法门”
  • Czech: “Jaffská brána”
  • Dutch: “Jaffa Gate”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باب الخليل”
  • Esperanto: “Pordego de Jaffa”
  • Esperanto: “Pordego de Jafo”
  • Finnish: “Jaffan portti”
  • Finnish: “Jaffaportti”
  • French: “porte de Jaffa”
  • French: “Porte de Jaffa”
  • German: “Jaffa-Tor”
  • German: “Jaffator”
  • Greek: “Πύλη της Γιάφας”
  • Hebrew: “שער יפו”
  • Hungarian: “Jaffai kapu”
  • Indonesian: “Gerbang Jaffa”
  • Italian: “Porta di Giaffa”
  • Japanese: “ジャファ・ゲート”
  • Japanese: “ヤッフォ門”
  • Javanese: “Gerbang Jaffa”
  • Javanese: “Jaffa Gate”
  • Ladino: “Porta de Yafo”
  • Ladino: “Puerta de Jaffa”
  • Macedonian: “Порта Јафа”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jaffaporten”
  • Norwegian: “Jaffaporten”
  • Persian: “دروازه خلیل”
  • Persian: “دروازهٔ خلیل”
  • Persian: “دروازه یافا”
  • Persian: “دروازهٔ یافا”
  • Polish: “Brama Jafska”
  • Polish: “Brama Jafy”
  • Portuguese: “Portão de Jafa”
  • Portuguese: “Portão de Jaffa”
  • Romanian: “Poarta Jaffa”
  • Russian: “Яффские ворота”
  • Slovenian: “Džafska vrata”
  • Spanish: “Puerta de Jaffa”
  • Tamil: “யோப்பா வாயில்”
  • Turkish: “El Halîl Kapısı”
  • Turkish: “Yafa Kapısı”
  • Ukrainian: “Яффські ворота”
  • Urdu: “باب الخلیل”
  • Western Panjabi: “جافا گیٹ”
  • Yiddish: “יפו טויער”

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