ID: 700002867 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002867	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Damascus Gate (gate; Sinan (Ottoman architect, ca. 1500-1588); Sultan Süleyman...; 1537-1541; Jerusalem (Yerushalayim, Yisra'el, Asia, World, Top of the T...;)

Note: Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem that originally dates from the Roman period, though the current structure was built under the rule of Sultan Suleyman, and planned by his court architect Sinan.

Titles:

Damascus Gate (preferred,C,U,LC,English,,)

Bab al-Amud (C,U,Arabic (transliterated),,)

Baāb al-ʻAmuūd (C,U,Arabic (transliterated),,)

Column Gate (C,U,English,,)

Gate of the Column (C,U,English,,)

Gate of the Pillar (C,U,English,,)

Nablus Gate (C,U,English,,)

Pillar Gate (C,U,English,,)

Shaʻar ha-ʻAmudim (C,U,undetermined,,)

Sha'ar Schechem (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Shaʻar Shekhem (C,U,undetermined,,)

Shechem Gate (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

gate (swinging barrier) [300002916] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <openings and opening components>, openings (architectural elements), <openings by form>, <gateways and gateway components>, gateway components, <gates and gate components>)

ruins [300008057]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1537-1541

Creator Display:

Sinan (Ottoman architect, ca. 1500-1588); Sultan Süleyman (Ottoman sultan, 1494/1495-1566) [preferred,VP]

patron Süleyman, Sultan (Ottoman sultan, 1494/1495-1566) [500126202]

architect Sinan (Ottoman architect, ca. 1500-1588) [500073936]

Locations:

Current: Yerushalayim [7001371] Jerusalem (national district), Israel (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 31°46′53.9″N 35°13′49.8″E

Display Materials: stone

	stone (worked rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

Ottoman (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works

Sources and Contributors:
Damascus Gate	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 00001892; accessed 6 May 2016
Bab al-Amud	........ [VP]
	........ Booth and Eglash, Damascus Gate, Washington Post (2016) accessed 6 May 2016
Baāb al-ʻAmuūd	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016
Column Gate	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016
Gate of the Column	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016
Gate of the Pillar	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016
Nablus Gate	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016
Pillar Gate	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016
Shaʻar ha-ʻAmudim	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016
Sha'ar Schechem	........ [VP]
	........ Booth and Eglash, Damascus Gate, Washington Post (2016) accessed 6 May 2016
Shaʻar Shekhem	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016
Shechem Gate	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

....................... Booth and Eglash, Damascus Gate, Washington Post (2016)

....................... Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 6 May 2016

....................... Israel Antiquities Authority (2016-) accessed 9 May 2016

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Israel Antiquities Authority (2016-) accessed 9 May 2016