*In the 1948 war, the gate damaged due to the bullets and the shells that used, and the remnant still exist.
This gate considered by the Jews as the main gate for them, because it close to the Jewish Quarter – Hart Al-Sharaf -, and it Considered as an entrance to it.
Known also as Bab Sohioun (Zion gate) since it is near the place where Christians believe that Jesus peace be upon him the last nest with the Al Hawarion.
A group of Armenians also took the task of opening and closing the gate.
Location relative to the Old City
Located in the wall of the Old Town from the south-west.
Reason for the name
Named like this it leads to the shrine of the Prophet David peace be upon him.
Builder
Suleiman Al-Qanoni
History
In (947 AH / 1540 AD).
Shape and details
The gate consists of an entrance and a holding of pointed stone on top of the entrance to the gate, part of the gate made of wood covered with copper.
When entering the gate there is a garage which resembles a box, its roof is covered ceilings, then there is a corridor that enters right to reach the wall from inside.
In addition, at a simple distance from it, there is a tower used militarily, as it shows from the building of the gate that its style military architecture.
The tower used for monitoring and throwing arrows and throwing oil, the gate decorations such as crowns that adorn the top of the sides of the gate.
Decorations in the shape of geometric circular, which is similar gates with other gates in terms of the corridor broken into the interior and decoration, also balconies the gate is similar to the one on the Bab Rahma and Al Tawba.
The top of the gate engraved the name of the builder of the gate with the year of building.