The Dung Gate, also known as the Moorish Gate is located in Jerusalem and is one of the eight gates of the old city walls. A portal built in the 16th century leads to the Jewish Quarter. Orthodox Jews pass through the gate, going to the Wailing Wall in prayer. The alternative name of the Dung Gate is the Maghrebin Gate or the Moroccan Gate, because thanks to it you could get to the Moroccan part of the city.
The Dung Gate was built by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Suleiman the Magnificent in 1540. It replaced an old gate that had previously passed directly onto Temple Mount. The gate from the 16th century was much smaller, but it was expanded in 1952, when Jerusalem's Old Town came under Jordanian rule. The Wailing Wall is directly behind the portal.
After 1967, after Israel took the Old City, architect Shlomo Aronson was ordered to renovate the Dung Gate. At present, the gate is included in pedestrian and vehicular traffic, it remains an important tourist attraction of Jerusalem.
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