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Jerusalem: Gate of Damascus (1856 photo)
Jerusalem: Gate of Damascus (photo: Salzmann 1856; NYPL archive)
The
current walls and gates of Jerusalem were built by the Ottoman ruler
Suleiman the Magnificent in 1538-1542. These revised the much earlier
walls dating from Herod the Great's reign, later expanded in Byzantine,
Achmaenid, Crusader, and Ottoman times.
The
north-facing Damascus gate is one of several which are permanently
open. This early view by Salzmann shows high banks still covering the
lower sides of the Gate.
This print by Salzmann is one of 40 early photos on Palestine he published in 1856. The Salzmann photos are in the New York Public Library (NYPL) archive.
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