Slide Title
Preview

Date
3-1980
Description
The Jaffa Gate, which was also known as the Bethlehem Gate, the Hebron Gate and the Pilgrim’s Gate, is one of eight gates in Jerusalem’s Old City walls. It is located near the Citadel and the Phasael Tower. This 1980 photograph show’s Israeli troops assembled outside of the gate.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Subject Headings
Gates -- Jerusalem -- Jaffa Gate (Jerusalem); Soldiers -- Jewish soldiers;
Country Name
Israel
City Name
Jerusalem
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet, "Jerusalem: Troops at Jaffa Gate" (1980). Browse All. 732.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/732
Keywords
Jaffa Gate, historic, soldiers, gates, Old City
Notes
Ben-Arieh, Yehoshua. Jerusalem in the 19th Century: The Old City. (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1984)p. 19
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Gate
(accessed 1 Nov 2011)