Golden Gate

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city gate historic site religious site

The Golden Gate is a historic sealed entrance in the eastern wall of Jerusalem’s Old City, overlooking the Kidron Valley and associated with Jewish, Christian, and Islamic messianic traditions.

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Label	Occurrences
Golden Gate canonical	10

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city gate ⓘ historic site ⓘ religious site ⓘ
adjacentTo	Temple Mount ⓘ surface form: Haram al-Sharif Temple Mount ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Byzantine architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Christian eschatology ⓘ Islamic eschatology ⓘ Jewish eschatology ⓘ arrival of the Messiah ⓘ messianic traditions ⓘ resurrection of the dead ⓘ
controlledBy	Jerusalem Islamic Waqf ⓘ surface form: Islamic Waqf authorities
country	Israel ⓘ
facesDirection	east ⓘ
feature	double-arched opening ⓘ
function	entrance to the Temple Mount ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Bab al-Rahma ⓘ Eastern Gate ⓘ Gate of Mercy ⓘ Sha'ar HaRachamim ⓘ
hasCulturalRole	pilgrimage destination ⓘ symbol of future redemption ⓘ
hasPart	northern portal ⓘ southern portal ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceFor	Christianity ⓘ surface form: Christians Jews ⓘ Muslims ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of the Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
linkedToText	Book of Ezekiel ⓘ Islamic hadith and traditions ⓘ New Testament Passion narratives ⓘ surface form: New Testament passion narratives
locatedIn	Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: Old City of Jerusalem eastern wall of the Temple Mount ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
overlooks	Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives ⓘ Kidron Valley ⓘ Muslim cemetery outside the eastern wall ⓘ
partOf	eastern fortifications of the Old City ⓘ walls of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: walls of Jerusalem
periodOfConstruction	Byzantine period (likely 6th–7th century CE) ⓘ
precededBy	earlier Second Temple period gate ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
significance	one of the oldest gates of the Old City walls ⓘ
status	sealed ⓘ
usedFor	processional entry in some Christian traditions ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Bab al-Rahma Cemetery → adjacentTo → Golden Gate ⓘ

Golden Gate of the Old City → hasEnglishName → Golden Gate ⓘ

Golden Gate (southern portal) → name → Golden Gate ⓘ

Gate of Mercy → hasAlternativeName → Golden Gate ⓘ

Sha'ar HaRachamim → alsoKnownAs → Golden Gate ⓘ

Sha'ar HaRachamim → hasEnglishName → Golden Gate ⓘ

Bab al-Rahma → alternateName → Golden Gate ⓘ

Eastern Wall of the Old City of Jerusalem → hasPart → Golden Gate ⓘ

walls of the Old City of Jerusalem → hasPart → Golden Gate ⓘ

Eastern Gate → hasAlternativeName → Golden Gate ⓘ