Damascus Gate - Jerusalem, Israel
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This is the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, Israel. It's an old fortification gate. It is also presented on an old stamp of 1971.
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Location: Israel
Date Posted: 01/20/2017
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This is the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, Israel. It's an old fortification gate. It is also presented on an old stamp of 1971.
The stamp was issued for independance day in 1971 together with three other stamps all showing old gates in Jerusalem. The stamp has a denomination of 0.35 Shekel.
Wikipedia explains agouz the Damascus Gate:
'Damascus Gate is the main entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located in the wall on the city's northwest side where the highway leads out to Nablus, and from there, in times past, to the capital of Syria, Damascus; as such, its modern English name is Damascus Gate, and its modern Hebrew name, Sha'ar Shkhem, meaning Shechem Gate, or Nablus Gate. Of its Arabic names, Bab al-Nasr means "gate of victory," and Bab al-Amud means "gate of the column." The latter name, in use continuously since at least as early as the 10th century, preserves the memory of a design detail dating to the 2nd century AD Roman era gate.
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Damascus Gate is flanked by two towers, each equipped with machicolations. It is located at the edge of the Arab bazaar and marketplace. In contrast to the Jaffa Gate, where stairs rise towards the gate, in the Damascus Gate, the stairs descend towards the gate. Until 1967, a crenellated turret loomed over the gate, but it was damaged in the fighting that took place in and around the Old City during the Six-Day War. In August 2011, Israel restored the turret, including its arrowslit, with the help of pictures from the early twentieth century when the British Empire controlled Jerusalem. Eleven anchors fasten the restored turret to the wall, and four stone slabs combine to form the crenellated top.'
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