Dung Gate

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Dung Gate is one of the main historic entrances in the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, providing access to the area near the Western Wall and the Jewish Quarter.

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Label Occurrences
Dung Gate canonical 8

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city gate
historic site
accessRoad Ma'ale HaShalom
adjacentTo Armenian Quarter
Jewish Quarter
Mount Zion
linked to: Zion

Silwan
Western Wall Plaza
alsoKnownAs Bab al-Maghariba
Dung Gate of Jerusalem
Moroccan Gate
linked to: Bab al-Maghariba

Sha'ar Ha'ashpot
constructionPeriod Ottoman period
controlledBy Jerusalem Municipality
hasCoordinateLatitude 31.775
hasCoordinateLongitude 35.234
hasFunction entrance to Old City
pedestrian access point
vehicular access point
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
hasTraffic bus access point
high pedestrian traffic
heritageDesignationOf Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
isOneOf main gates of the Old City of Jerusalem
locatedIn Israel
Jerusalem
Jerusalem District
Old City of Jerusalem
materialUsed stone
nameEtymology associated with refuse removal from the city (historical)
near City of David
Mount of Olives
Temple Mount
numberOfMainGatesInOldCity 8
openingLeadsTo Western Wall Plaza security checkpoints
partOf Walls of Jerusalem
providesAccessTo Jewish Quarter
Mughrabi Quarter area (historical)
linked to: Mughrabi Quarter

Western Wall
rebuiltBy Ottoman Empire
rebuiltIn 16th century
rebuiltUnder Suleiman the Magnificent
religiousSignificance Judaism
securityStatus heavily guarded entrance
tourismType cultural tourism
religious tourism

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

Western Wall Plaza accessVia Dung Gate
Sha'ar Ha'ashpot hasEnglishName Dung Gate
Ma'ale HaShalom connects Dung Gate
Old City walls of Jerusalem hasPart Dung Gate
subject linked to: Old City walls