Herod's Gate
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Herod's Gate is one of the historic entrances in the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, providing access to the Muslim Quarter and serving as a significant religious and cultural landmark.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Herod's Gate canonical | 9 |
| Gate of Herod | 1 |
| Herod the Great (by traditional naming of Herod's Gate) | 1 |
| Herod’s Gate | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T696688 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herod's Gate Context triple: [Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site, hasGate, Herod's Gate]
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A.
Jaffa Gate
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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B.
Damascus Gate
Damascus Gate is one of the main historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, notable for its monumental Ottoman-era architecture and bustling surrounding marketplace.
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C.
West Glorious Gate
West Glorious Gate is a principal western entrance to Beijing’s historic Forbidden City, serving as one of the complex’s key ceremonial gateways.
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D.
Golden Gate of the Old City
The Golden Gate of the Old City is a sealed historic gate in Jerusalem’s eastern wall, overlooking the Kidron Valley and revered in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions for its messianic and eschatological significance.
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E.
Ishtar Gate
The Ishtar Gate is a grand, blue-glazed brick ceremonial gateway adorned with reliefs of dragons and bulls that once formed part of the ancient city walls of Babylon under King Nebuchadnezzar II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herod's Gate Target entity description: Herod's Gate is one of the historic entrances in the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, providing access to the Muslim Quarter and serving as a significant religious and cultural landmark.
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A.
Jaffa Gate
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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B.
Damascus Gate
Damascus Gate is one of the main historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, notable for its monumental Ottoman-era architecture and bustling surrounding marketplace.
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C.
West Glorious Gate
West Glorious Gate is a principal western entrance to Beijing’s historic Forbidden City, serving as one of the complex’s key ceremonial gateways.
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D.
Golden Gate of the Old City
The Golden Gate of the Old City is a sealed historic gate in Jerusalem’s eastern wall, overlooking the Kidron Valley and revered in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions for its messianic and eschatological significance.
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E.
Ishtar Gate
The Ishtar Gate is a grand, blue-glazed brick ceremonial gateway adorned with reliefs of dragons and bulls that once formed part of the ancient city walls of Babylon under King Nebuchadnezzar II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city gate
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| builtDuringReignOf | Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ |
| culturalSignificanceFor |
Jewish Israelis
ⓘ
surface form:
Israelis
Palestinian ⓘ
surface form:
Palestinians
|
| currentStructureBuiltBy | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| currentStructureCompletedInCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| faces | northeast ⓘ |
| givesAccessTo | Muslim Quarter ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bab az-Zahra
ⓘ
surface form:
Bab az-Zahira
Bab az-Zahra ⓘ Flowers Gate ⓘ Herod's Gate ⓘ
surface form:
Gate of Herod
|
| hasArchitecturalStyle | Ottoman architecture ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arched opening
ⓘ
bent entrance ⓘ defensive design ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | protected historic site ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| isAccessPointTo |
local markets
ⓘ
residential areas of Muslim Quarter ⓘ |
| isManagedBy |
Jerusalem Municipality
ⓘ
surface form:
Jerusalem municipal authorities
|
| isOn | northern approach road to Old City ⓘ |
| isOpenTo | public ⓘ |
| isSignificantFor |
religious tourism in Jerusalem
ⓘ
urban heritage of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
historical studies
ⓘ
religious traditions ⓘ tourist guides ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Israel
ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ Jerusalem District ⓘ Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form:
Old City of Jerusalem
|
| locatedOnSideOfOldCity | northern wall ⓘ |
| near |
Damascus Gate
ⓘ
Garden Tomb ⓘ Lions' Gate ⓘ
surface form:
Lion's Gate
Mount of Olives ⓘ |
| partOf |
Old City walls
ⓘ
walls of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form:
Walls of Jerusalem
|
| religiousSignificanceFor |
Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Christians
Muslims ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local commerce access
ⓘ
pedestrian access ⓘ pilgrimage access ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Herod's Gate Description of subject: Herod's Gate is one of the historic entrances in the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, providing access to the Muslim Quarter and serving as a significant religious and cultural landmark.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gate of Herod
this entity surface form:
Herod’s Gate
subject surface form:
Old City walls of Jerusalem
this entity surface form:
Herod the Great (by traditional naming of Herod's Gate)