Back باب العامود Arabic باب العامود ARZ Dəməşq qapısı Azerbaijani شام قاپیسی AZB Damašská brána Czech Damaskustor German Πύλη της Δαμασκού (Ιερουσαλήμ) Greek Damaska pordego Esperanto Puerta de Damasco Spanish Damaskoko Atea Basque
| Damascus Gate | |
|---|---|
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  Location in Old Jerusalem | |
| Former names | St. Stephen's Gate (Latin: Porta Sancti Stephani; Crusader period) |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Jerusalem |
| Coordinates | 31°46′53.9″N 35°13′49.8″E / 31.781639°N 35.230500°E |
| Completed | 1537 |
The Damascus Gate is one of the main Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.[1] It is located in the wall on the city's northwest side and connects to a highway leading out to Nablus, which in the Hebrew Bible was called Shechem or Sichem, and from there, in times past, to the capital of Syria, Damascus; as such, its modern English name is the Damascus Gate, and its modern Hebrew name is Sha'ar Shkhem (שער שכם), meaning Shechem Gate, or in modern terms Nablus Gate.[1][2] Of its historic Arabic names, Bāb al-Naṣr (باب النصر) means "gate of victory", and the current one, Bāb al-ʿĀmūd (باب العامود), means "gate of the column".[1] The latter, in use continuously since at least as early as the 10th century, preserves the memory of a Roman column towering over the square behind the gate and dating to the 2nd century CE.[1][3]
- ^ a b c d LaMar C. Berrett (1996). Discovering the World of the Bible (3rd ed.). Cedar Fort. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-910523-52-3.
- ^ Adrian J. Boas (2001). Jerusalem in the time of the crusades: society, landscape, and art in the Holy City under Frankish rule (Illustrated, reprint ed.). Routledge. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-415-23000-1.
- ^ Margoliouth, David Samuel (2010). Cairo, Jerusalem & Damascus: Three Chief Cities of the Egyptian Sultans. Walter S. S. Tyrwhitt, illustrator. Cosimo, Inc. p. 329. ISBN 978-1-61640-065-1.