Old City walls

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city wall fortification historic monument

The Old City walls are the historic fortifications surrounding Jerusalem’s Old City, built in the 16th century by the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and now a prominent religious and cultural landmark.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Old City walls canonical	5
Ottoman city walls	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city wall ⓘ fortification ⓘ historic monument ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Ottoman architecture ⓘ
builder	Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
builtBy	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
constructionEnd	1540s ⓘ
constructionStart	1530s ⓘ
coordinateLocation	31.776°N 35.234°E ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ surface form: State of Israel
culturalSignificance	historic landscape feature ⓘ religious landmark ⓘ symbol of Jerusalem ⓘ
hasPart	Damascus Gate ⓘ Dung Gate ⓘ Herod's Gate ⓘ Jaffa Gate ⓘ Lions' Gate ⓘ New Gate ⓘ Tower of David ⓘ Zion Gate ⓘ bastions ⓘ Citadel of Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: citadel of Jerusalem moat remnants ⓘ ramparts ⓘ towers ⓘ
hasTouristActivity	ramparts walk ⓘ
height	up to about 12 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: World Heritage Site "Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls"
inception	16th century ⓘ
length	approximately 4 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	Jerusalem ⓘ Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
numberOfGates	7 main open gates ⓘ
significantFor	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
surrounds	Al-Aqsa Mosque vicinity ⓘ Church of the Holy Sepulchre vicinity ⓘ Temple Mount ⓘ
thickness	up to about 2.5 meters ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInDangerSince	1982 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1981 ⓘ
usedFor	border demarcation ⓘ city protection ⓘ defense ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Herod's Gate → partOf → Old City walls ⓘ

Akko → notableStructure → Old City walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman city walls

Abu Tor → hasViewOf → Old City walls ⓘ

necropolis of the Kidron Valley → hasViewOf → Old City walls ⓘ

Dung Gate of Jerusalem → partOf → Old City walls ⓘ

subject surface form: Dung Gate

Bab al-Jadid → hasViewOf → Old City walls ⓘ