page_title: Damascus Gate
hierarchical_section_title: Damascus Gate
caption_attribution_description: English: The Damascus Gate, the most beautiful of the Old City of Jerusalem's Gates. Built under the direction of Suleiman the Magnificent in the 16th Century, you can see the earlier Roman arch below the entrance to the left. This is a photo of a place that is recognized as a heritage site by The Council for Conservation of Heritage Sites in Israel. The site's ID in Wiki Loves Monuments photographic competition is The Old City of Jerusalem
context_page_description: The Damascus Gate is the oldest gate of the of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was built in 1538 on a Roman gate that built before it. Inside the Old City, there was a round square before the gate with the Roman pillar that was the Kilometer Zero mark for measurements from Jerusalem to other cities. The pillar was destroyed and never found. But the Roman square with the gate was founded under the Damascus Gate. After the British Mandate of Palestine, the new Kilometer Zero was moved to the nearby Jaffa Gate. An ancient cave called Zedekiah's Cave is near the entrance to the gate. In the 2000s, a new amphitheater was built outside the entrance to the gate with 500 seats facing towards the front of the gate.
context_section_description: The Damascus Gate (Hebrew: שַׁעַר שְׁכֶם‎, Sha'ar Sh'khem means Nablus Gate; and Arabic: باب العامود‎, Bab al-Amud, means the Gate of the Column) is the oldest gate of the of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was built in 1538 on a Roman gate that built before it. Inside the Old City, there was a round square before the gate with the Roman pillar that was the Kilometer Zero mark for measurements from Jerusalem to other cities. The pillar was destroyed and never found. But the Roman square with the gate was founded under the Damascus Gate. After the British Mandate of Palestine, the new Kilometer Zero was moved to the nearby Jaffa Gate. An ancient cave called Zedekiah's Cave is near the entrance to the gate. In the 2000s, a new amphitheater was built outside the entrance to the gate with 500 seats facing towards the front of the gate.
caption: the Amphitheater at the entrance to the Damascus Gate
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