Monday, September 21, 2009

5. The Cotton Merchant's Gate (Bab al-Qattanin)-T‎emple Mount, Jerusalem.

This beautiful gate on the western border of Temple Mount opens to "Suq al-Qattanin" or "Market of the Cotton Merchants". The market was built by Sultan al-Malik al-Nasir Muhammad in the 14th century. For Jews, it is also the closest one can get to the "Holy of Holies" of Solomon's Temple without setting foot on the Temple Mount itself.

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