Bab Touma

Bab Tuma is a neighborhood located in the old city of Damascus in . It is one of the seven gates of , a geographic landmark of Christianity.
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Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5.
  • Type: City gate
  • Description: ancient city gate of Damascus
  • Also known as: “Bab Tuma”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Umayyad Mosque and Bab ash-Sharqi.

Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The , also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of , the capital of , is one of the largest and oldest in the world. is situated 1 km west of Bab Touma.

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 of , . Its modern name comes from its location in the eastern side of the city. is situated 540 metres southeast of Bab Touma.

Church
Photo: Patrickneil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The House of Saint Ananias is an ancient underground structure in , , that is said to be the remains of the home of Ananias of Damascus, where Ananias baptized Saul. The building is at the end of the Street Called Straight near the . is situated 330 metres southeast of Bab Touma.

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
Photo: Raghad.kabtool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Bab Touma

Latitude
33.51373° or 33° 30′ 49″ north
Longitude
36.31519° or 36° 18′ 55″ east
Inception
13th century
Named after
Thomas the Apostle
Open location code
8G5RG878+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 999242810
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Wiki­data ID
Q1021901
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bab Touma” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باب توما”
  • Armenian: “Բաբ Թումա”
  • Catalan: “Bab Tuma”
  • Chinese: “多馬之門”
  • Chinese: “多马之门”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باب توما”
  • French: “Bab Touma”
  • German: “Bab Touma”
  • German: “Bab Tuma”
  • German: “Bāb Tūmā”
  • German: “Thomastor”
  • Igbo: “Bab Tuma”
  • Italian: “Bab Tuma”
  • Japanese: “バーブ・トゥーマ”
  • Japanese: “バーブ・トゥーマー”
  • Malay: “Bab Tuma”
  • Russian: “Баб Тума”
  • Spanish: “Bab Tuma”
  • Turkish: “Tuma Kapısı”
  • Uzbek: “Bab Tuma”
  • Uzbek: “Bob Tuma”
  • Vietnamese: “Bab Tuma”

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