Maps Of Jerusalem Gate - Step # 20

New Maps Of Jerusalem

The Old City Of Jerusalem Today (64k)

The walls surrounding the Old City encompass an area of barely a third
of a square mile (1 sq. km.). These walls were built by Sultan Suleiman
the Magnificent in the sixteenth century, roughly following the course
of the walls built by the Romans to encircle Jerusalem in the second
Century. Eight gates are built into the city's walls. Seven are open and
one remains sealed. The Romans, who rebuilt Jerusalem after they
razed the city during their war against the Jews, constructed two main
thoroughfares, north-south and east-west, thus forming four sections
today; Jewish, Moslem, Christian and Armenian quarters of the old city.