New Gate, Old City of Jerusalem - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
New Gate, Old City of Jerusalem - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The New Gate ( Bāb ij-Jdïd) ( HaSha'ar HeChadash)Borg, Alexander, Some observations on the יום הששי syndrome in the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls, in T. Muraoka, John F. Elwolde, eds., Diggers at the well: proceedings of a third International Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ben Sira, BRILL, 2000, p.29 is the newest of the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was built in 1889 to provide direct access between the Christian Quarter and the new neighborhoods then going up outside the walls.Goldhill, Simon, Jerusalem: city of longing, Harvard University Press, 2008, p.149 The arched gate is decorated with crenelated stonework. The New Gate was built at the highest point of the present wall, at above sea level. Read more on Wikipedia
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