Jaffa Gate

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city gate historic landmark

Jaffa Gate is one of the main historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, serving as a key access point and landmark on the western side of the ancient walls.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Jaffa Gate canonical 9
Hebron Gate 1
Jaffa Gate area of the old city 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city gate ⓘ
historic landmark ⓘ
access main vehicular entrance to Old City ⓘ
adjacentTo Citadel of Jerusalem ⓘ
Tower of David ⓘ
alternativeName Bab al-Jadid ⓘ
surface form: Bab al-Khalil

Jaffa Gate ⓘ
surface form: Hebron Gate

Sha'ar Yafo ⓘ
builtBy Ottoman Empire ⓘ
connectsTo Jaffa Road ⓘ
constructionPeriod 16th century ⓘ
constructionReignOf Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
function city entrance ⓘ
defensive gate ⓘ
tourist entrance ⓘ
hasFeature adjacent square ⓘ
road entrance for vehicles ⓘ
stone archway ⓘ
hasNearbySite Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: Tower of David Museum
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls ⓘ
historicalEvent breached by German Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1898 for ceremonial entry ⓘ
historicalRole entry point for pilgrims from Jaffa port ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn Jerusalem ⓘ
Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
mainAccessTo Armenian Quarter ⓘ
Christian Quarter ⓘ
Jewish Quarter of the Old City ⓘ
surface form: Jewish Quarter
material limestone ⓘ
modification wall section near gate opened for modern traffic ⓘ
namedAfter Jaffa ⓘ
near Mamilla Mall ⓘ
Mamilla neighborhood ⓘ
orientation faces west ⓘ
partOf walls of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: Walls of Jerusalem
religiousSignificance gateway for Christian pilgrims ⓘ
gateway for Jewish pilgrims ⓘ
gateway for Muslim visitors ⓘ
sideOfOldCity western side ⓘ
significance important pilgrimage access point ⓘ
major entrance to Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
prominent urban landmark ⓘ
tourism popular tourist site ⓘ
usedBy pedestrians ⓘ
vehicles ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site → hasGate → Jaffa Gate ⓘ
Hinnom Valley → near → Jaffa Gate ⓘ
Tower of David → locatedNear → Jaffa Gate ⓘ
Jaffa Gate → alternativeName → Jaffa Gate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hebron Gate
1920 Nebi Musa riots → location → Jaffa Gate ⓘ
Jaffa Road → connectsTo → Jaffa Gate ⓘ
Jaffa Road → terminusNear → Jaffa Gate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffa Gate of the Old City
walls of the Old City of Jerusalem → hasPart → Jaffa Gate ⓘ
Mahmoudiya Mosque → locatedNear → Jaffa Gate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffa Gate area of the old city
Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem → locatedNear → Jaffa Gate ⓘ
Old City walls → hasPart → Jaffa Gate ⓘ
subject surface form: Old City walls of Jerusalem
Mamilla Mall → locatedNear → Jaffa Gate ⓘ