Lions' Gate (Hebrew: שער האריות, romanized: Sha'ar ha-Arayot, lit.

'Lions' Gate', Arabic: باب الأسباط, romanized: Bab al-Asbat, lit.

Suleiman the Magnificent had the carvings made to celebrate the Ottoman defeat of the Mamluks in 1517.

Legend has it that Suleiman's predecessor Selim I dreamed of lions that were going to eat him because of his plans to level the city.

[5] The gate is part of the city's extant walls, built by Ottoman Sultan Suleiman in 1538.