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Golden Gate

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Golden Gate

Name: Golden Gate
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Location: Israel

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1. Church of the Holy Sepulchre – Jaffa Gate loop from Jerusalem

8.24km

02:23

210m

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2. Dome of the Rock – Mahane Yehuda weekly market loop from Jewish Quarter

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06:04

360m

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3. Church of the Holy Sepulchre – Jaffa Gate loop from Bab a-Zahara

12.9km

03:37

260m

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Philipp Hesse

September 21, 2023

The golden gate is the only thing that would lead directly to the Temple Mount, but it is bricked up. There is also a Muslim cemetery right in front of the gate outside the wall. It is said that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey through this gate on Palm Sunday. For Christians he is considered the Messiah, but the Jews are still waiting for the arrival of the Messiah. That's why it is said that the Turkish ruler Süleyman had the gate walled up in the 16th century so that the Jewish Messiah could never ride into the city. The cemetery should also deter him from doing so. But there are various theories and stories about the existence of this gate and its benefits.

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Bumble-Bee

January 2, 2024

The Old City of Jerusalem is surrounded by a large wall which has eight major gates. The Eastern Gate, facing the Mount of Olives, is unique, as it is sealed shut. It is reputed to be the oldest gate of the Old City with times of construction varying from 520 A.D. (the 6th century) or in subsequent years amid the 7th century A.D. The “Golden Gate,” (this moniker is taken from Christian literature), or in Hebrew, Sha’ar Harachamimi—“Gate of Mercy,” gives the most direct access to what would have been the area of the Jewish temple. As it is the most proximal location to where the Temple once stood, Jews would pray near this gate to be as close as possible to the holiest site. The gate in its present form was sealed by the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman in 1541. The exterior face of the gate (as it remains from the 16th century), is a sealed double entrance that leads into two vaulted halls.

(theculturetrip.com/middle-east/israel/articles/the-story-behind-jerusalems-sealed-golden-gate)

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Elevation 730 m

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Monday 22 December

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