Jerusalem - Jaffa Gate Sha'ar Yafo

The Jaffa Gate (Hebrew Sha'ar Yafo; Arabic Bab el-Khalil, the Hebron Gate), through which the road to Jaffa leaves Jerusalem, is the link between the Old City and the new Jewish town to the west and apart from the Damascus Gate is the most important means of access to the Old City, declared by UNESCO in 1981 a cultural monument which must be preserved. The gate is set in the circuit of walls built by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in the 16th century. The gap in the walls to the right of the gate was opened up by the Turkish authorities in 1898 to allow the German Emperor and Empress to drive into the Old City; it now enables motor traffic to enter.