Bab al-Maghariba

E389340

city gate historic site

Bab al-Maghariba is a historic gate in the Old City walls of Jerusalem that serves as one of the main entrances to the Western Wall and the Jewish Quarter.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bab al-Maghariba canonical	1
Moroccan Gate	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city gate ⓘ historic site ⓘ
accessLeadsTo	Mughrabi Ramp ⓘ surface form: Mughrabi Ascent
adjacentTo	Mughrabi Quarter ⓘ surface form: Mughrabi Quarter (former) Western Wall ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mughrabi Gate ⓘ surface form: Moroccan Gate Mughrabi Gate ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	1967 Six-Day War changes to access arrangements at Western Wall ⓘ
controlledBy	Israeli authorities ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
culturalContext	site of Jewish–Muslim–Christian historical interaction ⓘ
gateFunction	entrance to Jewish Quarter ⓘ entrance to Western Wall prayer area ⓘ
hasAccessRestriction	security-controlled entrance ⓘ
hasAccessRoute	Mughrabi Bridge ⓘ
hasArabicName	باب المغاربة ⓘ
hasSecurityInfrastructure	checkpoint ⓘ metal detectors ⓘ
hasViewOf	Temple Mount ⓘ surface form: Temple Mount structures Western Wall Plaza ⓘ
heritageContext	Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalCommunityAssociated	Maghrebi (Moroccan) Muslim community ⓘ
linkedTo	former Mughrabi Quarter demolished after 1967 ⓘ
locatedIn	Jerusalem ⓘ Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: Old City of Jerusalem walls of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Old City walls of Jerusalem
namedAfter	North Africa ⓘ surface form: Maghreb (Northwest Africa) Maghrebi (Moroccan) community of Jerusalem ⓘ
near	Al-Aqsa Mosque ⓘ surface form: Al-Aqsa Mosque compound Temple Mount ⓘ surface form: Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif
orientation	southwestern side of Temple Mount ⓘ
partOf	walls of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Walls of Jerusalem
primaryAccessFor	non-Muslim visitors to the Temple Mount ⓘ
religiousSignificance	Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
servesAsEntranceTo	Jewish Quarter of the Old City ⓘ Western Wall ⓘ Western Wall Plaza ⓘ
significance	only gate used by non-Muslims to enter Temple Mount ⓘ
structureType	stone gate ⓘ
timePeriodOfConstruction	medieval period ⓘ
topographicalPosition	western edge of Haram al-Sharif platform ⓘ
urbanContext	near Dung Gate ⓘ
usedBy	Israeli authorities ⓘ surface form: Israeli security forces Jewish worshippers ⓘ tourists ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dung Gate → alsoKnownAs → Bab al-Maghariba ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moroccan Gate