The sealed Triple Gate in the southern boundary wall, representing the southern gateway group.Photograph · 2012-12-16 12:04
Utilisateur:Djampa·CC BY-SA 4.0· Resized and converted to WebP for the web; cropped in cards. Original image license retained.
Overview
Three separate gateway sites reveal earlier routes through the sanctuary’s southern substructures. [1][2][3]
The Double, Triple and Single gates occupy different parts of the southern enclosure. Their names describe the number of openings. The Double Gate relates to Ancient Al-Aqsa, while the eastern gateways connect with the Marwani substructure. [1][2][3]
These are historic architectural openings, documented as blocked in the custodial records. They explain older circulation beneath the courtyard; this page is not a proposed visitor route. [1][2][3]
Details & spaces
Explore the named elements associated with this place.
Double Gate
الباب المزدوج
Two openings beneath the southern prayer hall, adjoining the Khutaniyya. The associated passages extend north through Ancient Al-Aqsa. [1]
Triple Gate
الباب الثلاثي
Three former entrances associated with passageways in the Marwani complex. Its three arches distinguish it from the Double and Single gates. [2]
Single Gate
الباب المفرد
A single opening east of the Triple Gate, connected to the Marwani substructure. Awqaf proposes Abbasid or Fatimid origins, without asserting a precise construction date. [3]
PASSIA · Jerusalem Awqaf · Hashemite Fund · Printed pp. 54–65; map legend on PDF page 35
Consulted 2026-10-13
Custodial guide from an Islamic perspective. Used for the baseline inventory and schematic relative positions; its access descriptions are historical, not live advice.
About this record
Relative positions are illustrative; this is a heritage atlas, not a walking route or live access map.
