Eastern Gate

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Eastern Gate is the historic and religiously significant walled-up entrance on the eastern side of Jerusalem’s Old City, overlooking the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives.

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Eastern Gate canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural structure
gate
historic site
religious site
accessFrom Temple Mount
surface form: Temple Mount platform
associatedWithText Book of Ezekiel
Christian eschatological traditions
Islamic eschatological traditions
Jewish eschatological traditions
currentFunction non-functional ceremonial gate
currentStructureDate Ottoman period
faces east
hasAlternativeName Bab al-Rahma
Gate of Mercy
Golden Gate
Sha'ar HaRachamim
hasArchitecturalStyle Islamic architecture
hasConservationStatus heritage site
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of Jerusalem in religious art and literature
hasFunction city gate (historical)
hasNumberOfGateways 2
hasOrientation east–west
hasProtectionStatus within UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
isTouristAttraction true
isWalledUp true
locatedIn Jerusalem
Jerusalem District
Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: Old City of Jerusalem

Israel
surface form: State of Israel
locatedOnSideOf eastern wall of the Old City of Jerusalem
material stone
nearbyFeature Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives
Kidron Valley
Muslim cemetery
overlooks Mount of Olives
Temple Mount
partOf walls of the Old City of Jerusalem
surface form: Walls of Jerusalem

fortifications of the Old City of Jerusalem
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
significance associated with triumphal entry of Jesus in Christian tradition
traditional site of future messianic arrival in some Jewish beliefs
visibleFrom Mount of Olives
Temple Mount

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Golden Gate hasAlternativeName Eastern Gate
subject surface form: Golden Gate (Jerusalem)