| 翻訳と辞書 |
Damascus Gate
Damascus Gate ((アラビア語:باب العامود), ''Bab Alamud'' , , ''Sha'ar Sh'khem'') is one of the main entrances to the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located in the wall on the city's northwest side where the highway leads out to Nablus, and from there, in times past, to the capital of Syria, Damascus; as such, its modern English name is Damascus Gate, and its modern Hebrew name, ''Sha'ar Shkhem'' ((ヘブライ語:שער שכם)), meaning Shechem Gate, or Nablus Gate.〔〔 Of its Arabic names, ''Bab al-Nasr'' ((アラビア語:باب النصر)) means "gate of victory," and Bab al-Amud ((アラビア語:باب العامود)) means "gate of the column."〔 The latter name, in use continuously since at least as early as the 10th century, preserves the memory of a design detail dating to the 2nd century AD Roman era gate.〔〔
==History==
In its current form, the gate was built in 1537 under the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.〔 Underneath, remains of a gate dating to the time of the Roman rule of Hadrian in the 2nd century AD have been discovered and excavated.〔 In front of this gate stood a Roman victory column topped with the Emperor Hadrian's image, as depicted on the 6th century Madaba Map.〔 This historical detail is preserved in the current gate's Arabic name, Bab el-Amud, meaning "gate of the column".〔 On the lintel to the 2nd century gate, under which one can pass today, is inscribed the city's name under Roman rule, ''Aelia Capitolina''.〔 Hadrian had significantly expanded the gate which served as the main entrance to the city from at least as early as the 1st century BC during the rule of Agrippa.
One of eight gates remade in the 10th century, Damascus Gate is the only one to have preserved the same name (i.e. Bab al-Amud) in modern times. The Crusaders called it ''St. Stephen's Gate'' (in Latin, ''Porta Sancti Stephani''), highlighting its proximity to the site of martyrdom of Saint Stephen, marked since the time of Empress Eudocia by a church and monastery.〔:fr:Basilique Saint-Étienne de Jérusalem〕 Several phases of construction work on the gate took place the early Ayyubid period (1183-1192) and both early 12th century and later 13th century Crusader rule over Jerusalem.〔 A 1523 account of a visit to Jerusalem by a Jewish traveller from Leghorn uses the name ''Bâb el 'Amud'' and notes its proximity to the Cave of Zedekiah.
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Damascus Gate」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|