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Identification with the First Century CE Fish Gate
The modern Damascus Gate replaced an earlier entrance, probably the Fish Gate, to the old city of Jerusalem. The Fish Gate, mentioned in the Book of Nehemiah, was a gate in the north wall of Jerusalem, probably a little to the east of the current location of Damascus Gate. It was the closest gate to the fish market, and it is believed that fishermen from the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan River, Jewish and Syrian alike, used this gate to bring fish to market.
