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Damascus Gate
Brief
The modern gate was built in 1542 by the Ottoman ruler Suleiman the Magnificent. The Romans rebuilt a new gate at the time of Hadrian, in the second century AD. The Arabs call it "Bab el-Amud" - the "Gate of the Column."
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Damascus Gate: The modern gate was built in 1542 by the Ottoman ruler Suleiman the Magnificent. The Romans rebuilt a new gate at the time of Hadrian, in the second century AD. The Arabs call it "Bab el-Amud" - the "Gate of the Column." This seems to preserve the memory of a column which stood just inside the gate during the Byzantine Period (A.D. 326-622). This column is represented on the sixth century mosaic map of Jerusalem which was found in the Jordanian city of Madaba the so called "Madaba Map." The column has never been found, but the Roman gate can be seen today, due to excavations made during the British mandate. This was the northern entrance gate to the city at the time of the Crusades.
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