| New Gate, Old City of Jerusalem | |
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  Location in Old Jerusalem | |
| Alternative names | Bab al-Jadid es Sultan Abd ul Hamid II (Arabic for "New Gate of Sultan Abd ul Hamid II"); HaSha'ar HaHadash (Hebrew for "New Gate"); Gate of the Sultan [1] |
| General information | |
| Type | Outer city wall postern gate |
| Location | Western section of the northern wall of Jerusalem |
| Town or city | Jerusalem |
| Coordinates | 31°46′45.5″N 35°13′34.6″E / 31.779306°N 35.226278°E |
| Elevation | 790 metres (2,590 ft) |
| Construction started | 1887 |
| Completed | 1889 |
The New Gate (Arabic: باب الجديد Bāb ij-Jdïd) (Hebrew: השער החדש HaSha'ar HeChadash)[2] is the newest of the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was built in 1889 by the Ottomans under the directorship of the French consul and Franciscan brotherhood monkship order to provide direct access between the Christian Quarter and the new neighborhoods then going up outside the walls.[3] The arched gate is decorated with crenelated stonework. The New Gate was built at the highest point of the present wall, at 790 metres (2,590 ft) above sea level.
- ^ The Guide to Israel, Zev Vilnay, Jerusalem 1972, p.150
- ^ Borg, Alexander, Some observations on the יום הששי syndrome in the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls, in T. Muraoka, John F. Elwolde, eds., Diggers at the well: proceedings of a third International Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ben Sira, BRILL, 2000, p.29
- ^ Goldhill, Simon, Jerusalem: city of longing, Harvard University Press, 2008, p.149