Golden Gate (Jerusalem)

**Golden Gate**
	architectural structure; Gate of ancient city wall of Jerusalem
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Instance of	city gate; architectural structure; tourist attraction;
Part of	Al-Aqsa (Eastern Wall); Gates of Al-Aqsa;
Name in native language	بَابُ الرَّحْمَةِ;
Named after	Mercy of God in Islam;
Location	Old City of Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, West Bank, Southern Levant, Fertile Crescent
Architectural style	Islamic architecture;
Maintained by	Jerusalem Islamic Waqf; The Council of Endowments, Islamic Affairs, and Holy Sites in Jerusalem;
Height	11.5 m;
Follows	Tribes' Gate;
Followed by	Gate of the Funerals;
Different from	Złota Brama ;
	31° 46′ 44″ N, 35° 14′ 13″ E
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The Golden Gate, as it is called in Christian literature, is the oldest of the current gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls. Jews used to pray for mercy at the gate, hence the name Sha'ar Harachamim, the Gate of Mercy. In Arabic, it is known as the Gate of Eternal Life. In ancient times, the gate was known as the Beautiful Gate.

It was probably built in the 520s CE, as part of Justinian I's building program in Jerusalem, on top of the ruins of an earlier gate in the wall. An alternate theory holds that it was built in the later part of the 7th century by Byzantine Empire artisans employed by the Umayyad khalifs.

The gate is located in the middle of the eastern side of the Temple Mount. The portal in this position was believed to have been used for ritual purposes in biblical times.

Golden Gate (Jerusalem)

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