Sha'ar Shechem

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city gate historic site landmark tourist attraction

Sha'ar Shechem is the Hebrew name for Damascus Gate, one of the main historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, notable for its large stone archway and bustling marketplace.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sha'ar Shechem canonical	1
Sha'ar Shkhem	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city gate ⓘ historic site ⓘ landmark ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
builtBy	Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
builtDuring	Ottoman period ⓘ
connectsTo	Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Christian Quarter of the Old City Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Muslim Quarter of the Old City
constructionCompletedIn	1538 ⓘ
hasAdjacentArea	Arab market ⓘ bustling marketplace ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Damascus Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArabicName	Damascus ⓘ surface form: Bab Dimashq Bab al-Amud NERFINISHED ⓘ باب العامود ⓘ Citadel of Damascus ⓘ surface form: باب دمشق
hasArchitecturalStyle	Ottoman architecture ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	important entrance for Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem ⓘ
hasEnglishName	Damascus Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	defensive machicolations ⓘ flanking towers ⓘ inner gate passage ⓘ large stone archway ⓘ outer gate plaza ⓘ
hasHebrewName	שער שכם ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance	access point to holy sites in the Old City ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageStatusAsPartOf	Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls NERFINISHED ⓘ
isOneOf	eight historic gates of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ main gates of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
locatedIn	Israel ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Jerusalem District ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
locatedOnSideOf	north side of the Old City ⓘ
namedAfter	Shechem ⓘ surface form: Shechem (Nablus)
near	East Jerusalem commercial areas ⓘ Jerusalem Light Rail stations ⓘ
opensTowards	Jerusalem–Nablus road corridor ⓘ surface form: Nablus Road road to Damascus ⓘ road to Nablus (Shechem) ⓘ
partOf	walls of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
subjectOf	archaeological studies ⓘ historical research on Jerusalem’s fortifications ⓘ
touristAttractionFor	international visitors ⓘ local residents ⓘ
usedAs	primary northern entrance to the Old City ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Damascus Gate → alsoKnownAs → Sha'ar Shechem ⓘ

Gate of the Column → hasAlternativeName → Sha'ar Shechem ⓘ

subject surface form: Damascus Gate

this entity surface form: Sha'ar Shkhem