For example, Jaffa Gate is where the Tower of David (the city's primary defense point) can be found. At the heart of Jerusalem, the Old City is open to exploration 24/7.

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A view of the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, a usually busy area that's become quiet amid the fighting between Israel and Hamas, in a photo taken Oct. 15, 2023. Guy Davies/ABC News ...

5,500-Year-Old City Gate Uncovered in Israel. News August 15, 2023 ... The gate consists of a 5,500-year-old passageway made of large, imported stones and thousands of mud bricks.

Archeologists discovered a 5,500-year-old city gate in Israel’s Tell Erani site, the oldest ever found in the country by about 300 years. The gate was found near an industrial zone when crews ...

The northern gate to the city, Kashmere Gate, faces the direction of Kashmir. It is also the only twin doorway in the Old City – credited to a British renovation around 1835.