Jaffa Gate - Jerusalem, Israel
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N 31° 46.600 E 035° 13.646
36R E 710924 N 3517841
The Jaffa Gate plaza has served as the zero kilometer point for measuring distances to Israel.
Waymark Code: WMN6A6
Location: Israel
Date Posted: 01/03/2015
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Wikipedia (
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"Jaffa Gate ... is a stone portal in the historic walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is one of eight gates in Jerusalem's Old City walls.
Jaffa Gate is the only one of the Old City gates positioned at a right angle to the wall. This could have been done as a defensive measure to slow down oncoming attackers, or to orient it in the direction of Jaffa Road, from which pilgrims arrived at the end of their journey from the port of Jaffa.
Jaffa Gate (Hebrew: Sha'ar Yafo; Arabic: Bab el-Khalil, "Hebron Gate"; also Arabic, Bab Mihrab Daud, "Gate of the Prayer Niche of David"; also David's Gate) is a stone portal in the historic walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is one of eight gates in Jerusalem's Old City walls.
Jaffa Gate is the only one of the Old City gates positioned at a right angle to the wall. This could have been done as a defensive measure to slow down oncoming attackers, or to orient it in the direction of Jaffa Road, from which pilgrims arrived at the end of their journey from the port of Jaffa."