Bab al-Salam ( ar, بَابُ السَّلَامِ, Bāb as-Salām) (''The Gate of Peace'') is one of the seven ancient city-gates of
Damascus
)), is an adjective which means "spacious".
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Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
. During the Roman era, it was also known as "Gate of the Moon".
References
External links
Old Damascus Gates
History of the Middle East
Gates of Damascus
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