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Dung Gate

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The Dung Gate (Hebrew: שער האשפות Sha'ar Ha'ashpot), also known in Arabic as the Silwan Gate and Mughrabi Gate (Arabic: باب المغاربة Bab al-Maghariba), is one of the Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was built as a small postern gate in the 16th century by the Ottomans, first widened for vehicular traffic in 1952 by the Jordanians, and again in 1985 by the Israeli authorities. The name Silwan Gate refers to the village of Silwan, that lies outside the gate, broadly southeast of it.

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Dung Gate
Heil HaHandasa, Jerusalem Morasha

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Heil HaHandasa
9511208 Jerusalem, Morasha
Jerusalem District, Israel
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