Location relative to Al-Aqsa
It is a closed southern entrance in the southeastern part of the city wall and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Reason for the name
Named Bab Al-Ain (the eye gate) because it leads to the eye of Silwan.
Shape and details
A simple small gate without decorations leading to the Marwani Prayer Hall, covered inside a wooden sanctuary after the restoration of the Marwani Prayer Hall in 1417-1996, where it shows only part of the curve of the contract.
The gate in history
*It seems that the gate opened in the Abbasid or Fatimid period.
*Used by the Knights Templar during the Crusader occupation of the introduction of their fortress to the Marwani Prayer Hall, which they converted to Stable and called it (Suleiman stables).