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Cotton Merchants' Gate

Gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls
Gates of old city of jerusalem Palestine (33)
Gates of old city of jerusalem Palestine (33)

The Cotton Merchants' Gate (Arabic: باب القطانين Bāb al-Qaṭṭānīn) is one of the gates of the al-Aqsa Compound (al-Ḥaram ash-Sharīf). It is by the western esplanade of the compound and leads to the Cotton Merchants' Market, a sūq, hence it is also called the Gate of the Cotton Merchants' Market (وباب سوق القطانين Bāb Sūq al-Qaṭṭānīn). Its intricate eastern façade makes it one of the most recognizable and "the grandest of the Haram gates".

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Cotton Merchants' Gate
Heil HaHandasa, Jerusalem Morasha

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Heil HaHandasa
9511208 Jerusalem, Morasha
Jerusalem District, Israel
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Gates of old city of jerusalem Palestine (33)
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