Zion Gate

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city gate historic site tourist attraction

Zion Gate is one of the historic entrances in the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, notable for its strategic location near Mount Zion and its visible battle scars from 20th-century conflicts.

Aliases (2)

Gate of Zion ×1
Gate of the Prophet David ×1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city gate → historic site → tourist attraction →
adjacentTo	Mount Zion →
architecturalStyle	Ottoman architecture →
builtDuringReignOf	Suleiman the Magnificent →
constructionEnd	1541 →
constructionStart	1537 →
controlledBy	Israel →
country	Israel →
hasAlternativeName	Bab an-Nabi Dawud → Gate of Zion → Gate of the Prophet David → Sha'ar Tzion →
hasFeature	battle scars → bent entrance passage → defensive design → visible bullet holes →
hasTraffic	pedestrian →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Old City of Jerusalem) →
languageOfName	Arabic → Hebrew →
locatedIn	Jerusalem → Jerusalem Old City walls → Old City of Jerusalem →
material	stone →
near	Dormition Abbey → King David’s Tomb complex → Mount Zion Cemetery →
notableFor	battle damage from 20th-century conflicts → strategic location near Mount Zion →
oneOf	seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem →
openToPublic	true →
orientation	southwestern gate of the Old City →
partOf	Ottoman walls of Jerusalem →
providesAccessTo	Armenian Quarter → Jewish Quarter → Mount Zion →
showsDamageFrom	1948 Arab–Israeli War → fighting in 1967 →
usedInConflict	1948 Arab–Israeli War → Six-Day War →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Zion Gate ("Gate of Zion") → Zion Gate ("Gate of the Prophet David") →	hasAlternativeName
Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site →	hasGate
Hinnom Valley →	near