Lion's Gate in Israel, Jerusalem resort
Rating: 9,4/10 (2165 votes)  The Lion's Gate is a decoration of the eastern wall of the Stroi City. The construction of this gate was completed in 1539 during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificent. Initially, they were part of the walls of Jerusalem. They received the name Lion's Gate in the 19th century, and before that they were called in Arabic Bab Sittti Mariam (Gate of the Holy Virgin). Also in the era of the Ottoman Empire, such a name as the Jordan Gate was common. Byzantine pilgrims called this gate – the gate of St. Stephen. And they began to be called Lions, because bas-reliefs of two pairs of lions were carved from stone on the gables of the gate.  
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