Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem

This article lists the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.

During different periods, the city walls followed different outlines and had a varying number of gates.

[citation needed] The current walls of the Old City of Jerusalem were built between 1533 and 1540 on orders of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, who provided them with seven gates: six new gates were built, and the older and previously sealed Golden Gate was reopened (only to be re-sealed again after a few years).

Until 1887,[citation needed] each gate was closed before sunset and opened at sunrise.

שער הרחמים "Gate Of Mercy" باب الذهبي שער שכם "Nablus Gate" باب العمود שער הפרחים "Gate Of The Flowers" باب الساهرة שער האשפות "Gate Of Trash" باب المغاربة שער האריות باب الأسباط St. Stephen's Gate, Gate of the Tribes, St. Mary's Gate (باب ستي مريم, Bab Sittna Maryam) שער יפו باب الخليل Porta Davidi שער ציון باب النبي داود השער החדש الباب الجديد A smaller entrance, popularly known as the Tanners' Gate,[citation needed] has been opened for visitors after being discovered and unsealed during excavations in the 1990s.