Sha'ar Yafo

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Sha'ar Yafo is the Hebrew name for Jaffa Gate, one of the main historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City.

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Label Occurrences
Sha'ar Yafo canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city gate ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
adjacentTo Citadel of Jerusalem ⓘ
Tower of David ⓘ
builtDuring Ottoman period ⓘ
connectsTo Christian Quarter Road ⓘ
Jaffa Road ⓘ
constructedUnder Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
constructionCentury 16th century ⓘ
controlledBy Jerusalem Municipality (modern era) ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Jaffa Gate ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Ottoman architecture ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance symbolic western gateway to Jerusalem ⓘ
hasDirection western entrance to the Old City ⓘ
hasFeature breached opening in wall for modern traffic ⓘ
hasFunction city entrance ⓘ
pedestrian passage ⓘ
hasGateNumber one of eight main gates of the Old City ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
hasNearbyLandmark David Street Market ⓘ
Mamilla neighborhood ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance access point to Christian holy sites in Old City ⓘ
hasSignificance important commercial entrance historically ⓘ
main access point to Old City for visitors ⓘ
HebrewNameOf Jaffa Gate ⓘ
historicallyLedTo Jaffa ⓘ
Mediterranean coast ⓘ
isSubjectOf historical studies of Jerusalem ⓘ
tourist guidebooks ⓘ
languageScript Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
literalMeaning Gate of Jaffa ⓘ
linked to: Jaffa Gate
locatedIn Israel ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Jerusalem District ⓘ
Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
materialUsed Jerusalem stone ⓘ
namedAfter Jaffa ⓘ
nearQuarter Armenian Quarter ⓘ
Christian Quarter ⓘ
oneOfMainGatesOf Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
partOf Walls of Jerusalem ⓘ
transliteration Sha'ar Yafo ⓘ
usedBy local residents ⓘ
pedestrians ⓘ
tourists ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jaffa Gate → alternativeName → Sha'ar Yafo ⓘ
Sha'ar Yafo → transliteration → Sha'ar Yafo ⓘ