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Bab El-Wad
Sha'ar HaGai ( he, שער הגיא) in Hebrew, and Bab al-Wad or Bab al-Wadi in Arabic ( he, באב אל-ואד, ar, باب الواد or ), lit. ''Gate of the Valley'' in both languages, is a point on the Highway 1 (Israel), Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, 23 km from Jerusalem, where the road begins to ascend through a deep valley flanked by steep rocky slopes, of the intermittent stream (Arabic: Wadi Ali). Etymology The Arabic name Bab al-Wad, 'Gate of the Valley', was used in Hebrew as well, as seen in the 1948 Sha'ar HaGai#Song, song, until after the Israeli Declaration of Independence, establishment of the State of Israel and the Hebraization of Palestinian place names#1951: Governmental Naming Committee, creation of the Hebrew name, Sha'ar HaGai, a wikt:verbatim, verbatim translation of the Arabic name. History Ottoman era The Jaffa–Jerusalem road was initially made accessible for wheeled vehicles by the Ottoman Empire, Ottomans in 1867Mike Rogoff, ''Tourist Tip #252 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bab Al Wad
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