Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... GATES . 5 open and two closed - the former are the Jaffa Gate , on the west , called by the Arabs Bâb- el - Khalil , or the Gate of the Friend , leading to Hebron ; the Damascus Gate , leading to Samaria and Damascus ; St. Stephen's Gate ...
... GATES . 5 open and two closed - the former are the Jaffa Gate , on the west , called by the Arabs Bâb- el - Khalil , or the Gate of the Friend , leading to Hebron ; the Damascus Gate , leading to Samaria and Damascus ; St. Stephen's Gate ...
Page 6
... Gate to the Harâm ; the Street of the Gate of the Columns , running from the Damascus Gate to the Street of the Gate of the Prophet David , under which name it con- tinues to Zion Gate ; Christian Street , running from the Street of ...
... Gate to the Harâm ; the Street of the Gate of the Columns , running from the Damascus Gate to the Street of the Gate of the Prophet David , under which name it con- tinues to Zion Gate ; Christian Street , running from the Street of ...
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... Gate is a Moslem sanctuary , called the Grotto of Jeremiah , where tradition states that the prophet wrote the Book of the Lamentations , and was subsequently buried . Opposite the Grotto , and close beside the Damascus Gate - the ...
... Gate is a Moslem sanctuary , called the Grotto of Jeremiah , where tradition states that the prophet wrote the Book of the Lamentations , and was subsequently buried . Opposite the Grotto , and close beside the Damascus Gate - the ...
Contents
JERUSALEM | 1 |
BRUSSELS AND THE CITIES OF BELGIUM | 33 |
The Ancient Navigators The Swedish ColonyWilliam Penn the Founder of the CityThe Dreary Morning | 92 |
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