| Hulda Gate | |
|---|---|
 The eastern set of Hulda Gates (Herodian and later) as it stands today. | |
  Location in Old Jerusalem | |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Jerusalem |
| Coordinates | 31°46′33.4″N 35°14′11.8″E / 31.775944°N 35.236611°E |
The Huldah Gates (Hebrew: שערי חולדה, Sha'arei Hulda) were one of the Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem leading into the Jerusalem Temple compound in the Hasmonean period and were named as such in the Mishnah.[1] The term is currently being used for the remains of two later sets of gates, the Triple Gate and the Double Gate, known together as the Huldah Gates,[2] built as part of the much extended Herodian Temple Mount, situated in Jerusalem's Old City.[3] Both sets of gates were set into the Southern Wall of the Temple compound and gave access to the Temple Mount esplanade by means of underground vaulted ramps.[3] Both were walled up in the Middle Ages.[3]
The western set is a double-arched gate (the Double Gate), and the eastern is a triple-arched gate (the Triple Gate).[3] There still are a few Herodian architectural elements visible outside and inside the gates, while most everything else of what we see today is later, Muslim-period work.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
EJ963was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Gonen, Rivka (2003). Contested Holiness: Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Perspectives on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Jersey City, N.J.: Ktav Publishing House. p. 32. ISBN 9780881257984. OCLC 470185481.
- ^ a b c d e Jerome Murphy-O'Connor (2008). The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700. Oxford Archaeological Guides. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 104, 113. ISBN 978-0-19-923666-4. Retrieved 27 July 2019.