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Herod’s Gate
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Map of the Old City of Jerusalem divided into four color-coded quarters: Christian Quarter in blue, Muslim Quarter in yellow, Jewish Quarter in pink, and Armenian Quarter in green. Major streets, gates, religious sites, and landmarks such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Western Wall, Dome of the Rock, and Al-Aqsa Mosque are labeled. An inset locator map shows the Old City's position within Jerusalem and the region.
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Herod’s Gate

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Map of the Old City of Jerusalem divided into four color-coded quarters: Christian Quarter in blue, Muslim Quarter in yellow, Jewish Quarter in pink, and Armenian Quarter in green. Major streets, gates, religious sites, and landmarks such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Western Wall, Dome of the Rock, and Al-Aqsa Mosque are labeled. An inset locator map shows the Old City's position within Jerusalem and the region.
Old City of Jerusalem

Herod's Gate is one of the seven gates in the Old City of Jerusalem wall, which was built by the Ottoman sultan S\u00fcleyman the Magnificent between 1538 and 1540. This gate is located on the north side of the wall, along with the New Gate and the Damascus Gate. The wall itself incorporates foundations from earlier periods, including the Crusades, Byzantine, Herodian, and Hasmonean eras. The Old City, believed to have been inhabited for nearly 5,000 years, is a walled quadrilateral approximately 900 meters on each side.1

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  1. Jerusalem - Mamluk and Ottoman periods
  2. Jerusalem - Architecture
  3. Jerusalem - Hellenistic and Hasmonean periods

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