Wikipedia's first sentence called it “most recently built gate in jerusalem's old city walls built in 1887 to provide easier access to the christian”. Today it says “newest of the gates of the old city of jerusalem”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Gate in Jerusalem's Old City Walls”. It now reads “Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem”.
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New Gate ( Arabic : Bab al-Jedid ) is the most recently built gate in Jerusalem's Old City Walls built in 1887 to provide easier access to the Christian Quarter.1It is also called the Gate of Hammid after the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II . The gate is located in the north-western part of the wall and faces north. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war , when Jordan captured East Jerusalem (which includes the Old City of Jerusalem) it was sealed off. But reopened again in 1967 after Israel 's capture of East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War .2
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The New Gate ( Bab al-Jedid ; HaSha'ar HeChadash ) is the newest gate in Jerusalem's Old City Walls , built in 1898 to provide direct access to the Christian Quarter for the visit of the German Emperor William II . It is also called the Gate of Hammid after the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II . The gate is located in the northwestern part of the wall and faces north. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war , when Jordan captured East Jerusalem (which includes the Old City of Jerusalem) it was sealed off. It was reopened again in 1967 after Israel 's capture of East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War .
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The New Gate ( Bāb ij-Jdïd ) ( HaSha'ar HeChadash ) is the newest gate in the walls that surround the Old City of Jerusalem .It was built in 1889 to provide direct access between the Christian Quarter and the new neighborhoods then going up outside the walls.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.
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Gate in Jerusalem's Old City Walls This article is about the gate in Jerusalem.The New Gate ( Bāb ij-Jdïd ) ( HaSha'ar HeChadash ) is the newest one of the Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem . It was built in 1889 to provide direct access between the Christian Quarter and the new neighborhoods then going up outside the walls. 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.
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Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem This article is about the gate in Jerusalem. The New Gate ( Bāb ij-Jdïd ) ( HaSha'ar HeChadash ) is the newest of the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem . It was built in 1889 to provide direct access between the Christian Quarter and the new neighborhoods then going up outside the walls. 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.
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Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem This article is about the gate in Jerusalem. The New Gate ( Arabic : باب الجديد Bāb ij-Jdïd ; Hebrew : השער החדש HaSha'ar HeChadash ) 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. 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.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “most recently built gate in jerusalem's old city walls built in 1887 to provide easier access to the christian”. Today it says “newest of the gates of the old city of jerusalem”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Gate in Jerusalem's Old City Walls”. It now reads “Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem”. Read the current article and compare.
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most recently built gate in jerusalem's old city walls built in 1887 to provide easier access to the christian
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newest of the gates of the old city of jerusalem
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