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Lions' Gate - Jerusalem

The Lions’ gate is located in the eastern wall of Jerusalem and near the northern wall of the Temple Mount, in fact it is the only open gate in the eastern wall of the Old City. The gate was built during 1538/9 by Sultan Suleiman the magnificent, who built the gate and the wall. The gate served the Jews as the main exit towards Mount of Olives and the Jewish cemetery there. The gate serves as the main entrance to the Old City for Muslims seeking to reach the Temple Mount complex, and for Christian pilgrims on their way to Via Dolorosa. There are many names to Lions’ gate, which were used mainly in the past: In Arabic it is called "Bab al-Asbat" - the gate of the tribes – The same name they call an entrance gate near the Temple Mount. Christians call the gate after the name of Stephen the first Martyr who was stoned to death near the Damascus Gate. Another name is the gate of Lady Miriam and in Arabic “Bab Sitna Miriam", Miriam, Jesus’ mother. And the last name I will mention is the Gate of Jehoshaphat - according to the prophecy of Joel, all the evildoers to his people, will be judged by God at the end of time in the Valley of Jehoshaphat which is identified in the channel of the Kidron Valley at the foot of the gate. For more information in English visit - https://historicalsitesinisrael.com/e... For more information in Hebrew visit - https://historicalsitesinisrael.com/%... Yehuda Holtzman