Gate of Darkness
Gate of Darkness is a sally port in West Bank, Palestine. Gate of Darkness is situated nearby to the mosque Dome of Suleiman Pasha, as well as near Dome of Solomon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Pool of Bethesda.
Dome of the Rock
Place of worship
The Dome of the Rock is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically attested… Dome of the Rock is situated 230 metres south of Gate of Darkness.
Pool of Bethesda
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The Pool of Bethesda 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 Jerusalem, described as being near the Sheep Gate and surrounded by five covered colonnades or porticoes. Pool of Bethesda is situated 170 metres northeast of Gate of Darkness.
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. Al-Aqsa Mosque is situated 440 metres south of Gate of Darkness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muslim Quarter and Old City.
Muslim Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: McKaby, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Muslim Quarter is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled Old City of Jerusalem. It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City.
Old City
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.
East Jerusalem
Photo: Papierdrache, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Jerusalem is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled Old City is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.
Gate of Darkness
- Type: Sally port
- Categories: building, city gate, and historic site
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.78009° or 31° 46′ 48″ northLongitude
35.23515° or 35° 14′ 7″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ6JP+23OpenStreetMap ID
way 291836695OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gate
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Gate of Darkness” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب الأيتام”
- Breton: “Dor an Deñvalijenn”
- Czech: “Temná brána”
- German: “Dunkelheits-Tor”
- Hebrew: “שער החשוך”
- Hungarian: “Sötétség kapu”
- Russian: “Ворота Тьмы”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dome of Suleiman Pasha and Dome of Solomon.
Nearby Places
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