Gate of Remission

Gate of Remission is a sally port in , . Gate of Remission is situated nearby to the mosque , as well as near the archaeological site .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Pool of Bethesda.

Place of worship
Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
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 240 metres south of Gate of Remission.

Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The is referred to in John's Gospel in the Christian New Testament, in an account of Jesus healing a paralyzed man at a pool of water in , described as being near the Sheep Gate and surrounded by five covered colonnades or porticoes. is situated 150 metres north of Gate of Remission.

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 440 metres south of Gate of Remission.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muslim Quarter and East Jerusalem.

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.

Photo: Papierdrache, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.

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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.

Gate of Remission

Latitude
31.78014° or 31° 46′ 49″ north
Longitude
35.23564° or 35° 14′ 8″ east
Height
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6JP+37
Open­Street­Map ID
way 291836685
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Gate of Remission” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باب الحوطة”
  • Breton: “Porzh ar Pardon”
  • Czech: “brána Odpuštění”
  • French: “Porte de la Rémission”
  • German: “Remissions-Tor”
  • Hebrew: “שער הסליחה”
  • Russian: “Ворота Отпущения”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dome of Suleiman Pasha and Pool of Israel location.

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