Jaffa Gate

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Level 23 Local Expert
May 13
The Jaffa Gate. Actually, neither add nor subtract. The object is more than 2000 years old. Of course, they have already been rebuilt many times, but nevertheless, the sensations are unforgettable.
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Level 30 Local Expert
September 3, 2020
The Jaffa Gate is the most famous and busiest gate of the Old City of Jerusalem, the main entrance to the Christian and Armenian quarters.The main flow of vehicles and pedestrians follows through them, and it is most convenient to take walks around the Old City from them. The Jaffa Gate is located at the most important intersection of the western road leading to the Mediterranean port of Jaffa (hence the origin of their name) and the southern road leading to Bethlehem and Hebron. These two roads are the central arteries of Jerusalem to this day. A small square outside the Jaffa Gate separates the Christian and Armenian quarters. On the right side of the square is the Tower of David (now the Museum of the History of Jerusalem). During Kaiser Wilhelm II's visit to Jerusalem in 1898, the Ottoman authorities decided to destroy part of the fortress wall at the Jaffa Gate and fill up part of the moat at the Tower of David so that the emperor could freely enter the city in his carriage.By the way, in 1917, British General Edmund Allenby entered the Old City through the Jaffa Gate on foot as a sign of respect for the city and wanting to avoid comparisons with the Kaiser, who visited Jerusalem. Through this gap, there is a car connection between the Old and the New City to this day. Currently, there is an underground parking lot for tourists near the Jaffa Gate.One of the two main markets of the Old City starts from the Jaffa Gate. You need to be here, you need to walk here, you need to see and feel here...the spirit of Jerusalem itself...
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Level 18 Local Expert
September 17, 2021
Immersion in the history of the Jewish people, entrance to the Old City. You enter and get into a whirlpool of different beliefs.
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Level 10 Local Expert
February 20, 2023
Strong energy of the old town
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Level 24 Local Expert
April 7, 2019
One of the 4 gates through which you can get to the Old City of Jerusalem is the Christian Quarter. Nearby is the Tower of David. It takes no more than 10 minutes to walk from the Jaffa Gate to the Church of the Resurrection of the Lord. Next to the Jaffa Gate is the Imperial Hotel and the large Mamilla Shopping center.
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Level 6 Local Expert
July 1, 2019
The gates are well protected, and a highway approaches next to them - right inside the Old Town. The wall was cut relatively recently - when it lost its defensive significance. Also next door is an old hotel, where Turgenev stayed. It is now owned by an Arab family
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Level 4 Local Expert
December 4, 2019
The amazing, beautiful, Blessed City of Jerusalem💕💕💕I love and always want to visit it.
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Level 4 Local Expert
December 28, 2019
Actually, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, you fools! The Jaffa Gate is a beautiful old thing, of course, it takes not aesthetics, but grandeur reminiscent of antiquity.
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Level 12 Local Expert
February 28, 2020
The tower and King David Square, and most importantly 5 minutes to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre!!!
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Level 9 Local Expert
March 11, 2020
Everyone should visit here...
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Level 16 Local Expert
May 27, 2019
A historical place in the old town, the main entrance to the wailing wall
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Level 10 Local Expert
December 18, 2019
Jerusalem is the best city on earth
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