Bab Sharqi
Damascus, Syria

The eastern-most gate of the eight gates in the old walled city of Damascus, and the only one to have survived since the Roman era. The gate was rebuilt in the 1960s.

Location

Damascus, Syria

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Associated Names

Events

1st c.; reconstructed 1960s/1379 AH

Style Periods

1127-1222

Variant Names

East Gate
Variant
al-Bab al-Sharqi
Variant

Site Types

military