Huldah Gates

The eastern set of Hulda gates as it stands today. The Huldah Gates are the two sets of now-blocked gates in the south wall of the Temple Mount , situated in Jerusalem's Old City . The western set is a double arched gate (the double gate ), and the eastern is a triple arched gate (the triple gate ). Each arch of the double gate led into an aisle of a passageway leading from the gate into the Mount, and to steps leading to the Mount's surface; when the al-Aqsa Mosque was built, the old steps were blocked, and the eastern aisle lengthened so that new steps from its end would exit north of the Mosque. The triple gate is similar, though the longer aisle is to the west, and its third aisle, on the east, forms the western boundary of the vaulted area known as Solomon's Stables .

The Huldah Gates ( , Shaarei Chulda ) are the two sets of now-blocked gates in the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount , situated in Jerusalem's Old City . The western set is a double arched gate (the double gate ), and the eastern is a triple arched gate (the triple gate ). Each arch of the double gate led into an aisle of a passageway leading from the gate into the Mount, and to steps leading to the Mount's surface; when the al-Aqsa Mosque was built, the old steps were blocked, and the eastern aisle lengthened so that new steps from its end would exit north of the Mosque. The triple gate is similar, though the longer aisle is to the west, and its third aisle, on the east, forms the western boundary of the vaulted area known as Solomon's Stables .

The Huldah Gates ( , 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 . 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, built as part of the much extended Herodian Temple Mount , situated in Jerusalem's Old City . 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. Both were walled up in the Middle Ages. The western set is a double-arched gate (the Double Gate ), and the eastern is a triple-arched gate (the Triple Gate ). 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.

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 . 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, built as part of the much extended Herodian Temple Mount , situated in Jerusalem's Old City . 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. Both were walled up in the Middle Ages. The western set is a double-arched gate (the Double Gate ), and the eastern is a triple-arched gate (the Triple Gate ). 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.