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The gates are visible on most old maps of Jerusalem over the last 1,500 years. During different periods, the city walls followed different outlines and had a varying number of gates. During the era of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099–1291), Jerusalem had four gates, one on each side.
Fountain of Qasim Pasha (background: the Fountain of Qaitbay) The Fountain of Qasim Pasha (Arabic: سبيل قاسم باشا, Turkish: Kasım Paşa Çeşmesi) is an ablution and drinking fountain (sebil or sabil) in the western esplanade of the al-Aqsa Compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. [1] It is in front of the Chain Gate. [2]
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The fountain, with the Uthmaniyya Madrasa behind View from the southwest, 1919 Fountain of Qayt Bay ( Arabic : نافورة قايتباي ) or Sabil Qaitbay (Arabic: سبيل قايتباي ) is a domed public fountain ( sabil ) on the western esplanade of the al-Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem , [ 1 ] near the Madrasa al-Ashrafiyya .
The Gate of Darkness (Arabic: باب العتم Bāb al-ʿAtim or -ʿAtam) is one of the three gates located on the north side. It was called "Gate of al-Dawadariya" (باب الدوادرية), after a nearby school. It is now also known as King Faisal's Gate (باب الملك فيصل). The gate is four meters tall, with an arched roof.
The striped round kiosk on the right housed the Ottoman sebil, or drinking fountain. Outside the 1898 breach in the city wall at Jaffa Gate, on its southern side [18] and near the Bezalel Pavilion, [citation needed] was the so-called "Sultan's Sabil", built in 1900 or shortly before that. [18] It, too, was removed in 1921 by the British ...
The western set is a double-arched gate (the Double Gate), and the eastern is a triple-arched gate (the Triple Gate). [3] There still are a few Herodian architectural elements visible outside and inside the gates, while most everything else of what we see today is later, Muslim-period work.
Pages in category "Gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .