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Getting to Know: Neighborhoods in Brief
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The Old City--The Old City is easily defined: It is the area still enclosed within the grand walls built by the Ottoman Turkish sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, in 1538. The Old City is divided into four quarters: the Muslim Quarter, the Christian Quarter, the Armenian Quarter, and the Jewish Quarter. Seven gates provide access through the massive walls; two of these are important for the visitor. The Jaffa Gate (Shaar Yafo in Hebrew, Bab el-Khalil in Arabic), at the end of the Jaffa Road (Derekh Yafo), is the main access to the Old City from West Jerusalem. Damascus Gate (Shaar Shechem in Hebrew, Bab el-Amud in Arabic) is the main access from East Jerusalem (if you get lost in the Old Citys labyrinthine alleys, just ask for either gate).
Except in the Jewish Quarter, the dominating motif here is Arab: The food is Arabic, the language is Arabic, and customs are Eastern.
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