Various signs
The ultimate street signs, historical sites and house numbers
× Want to add signs? There is an app! Get it on Google Play Download on the App Store

Sign: Khan Sha’ar HaGai - Welcome to Sha’ar HaGai


Address:
1R27F+W8 Mesilat Zion, Israel
City:
Country:
Shape:
Material:
Placement:
Click here for a map that contains other items in the area

On the sign:
ברוכים הבאים לשער הגיא | أهلا وسهلا بكم في باب الواد | Welcome to Sha’ar Hagai

שער הגיא היווה צוואר בקבוק ונקודת תורפה בדרך המובילה מהשפלה אל ירושלים.

ויקטור גרן, חוקר צרפתי שחקר את ארץ ישראל תאר בשנת 1868 את שער הגיא : "... המשעול מתפתל בין שתי חומות סלעים זרועות שיחים וסבכים... זה מיצר ממש, שקומץ אנשים נחושי החלטה היו מסוגלים בנקל לעצור בו צבא. עולים בגיא הזה בדי עמל במשך יותר משעה. כשנפגשת בו שיירה הבאה מירושלים עם אחרת העולה מיפו, העיכוב לפעמים ניכר... הכניסה לגיא הזה קרויה בפי הערביים באב אל וואד..."

במלחמת העצמאות הקושי הטמון במעבר צר זה בין ההרים זיכה את המקום בכינויים נוספים, ביניהם: שער האימים, הגיהינום, שער הדמים, גיא צלמוות ועוד.

شکل باب الواد عنق الزجاجة ونقطة الضعف في الطريق المؤدية من منطقة السهل الساحلي إلى القدس .

فيكتور غرن ، باحث فرنسي درس أرض إسرائيل وصف في سنة 1868 باب الواد بالكلمات التالية " ... يتلقى الدرب بين جدارين صخرتين تنمو عليهما ونباتات متشابكة ... هذا مضيق بالفعل ، الذي يمكن لفئة قليلة من الناس الذين يتحلون بالإصرار أن يوقفوا فيه جيشا بسهولة . يكون الصعود في هذا الوادي بالكثير من الجهد على مدار أكثر من ساعة . عندما تلتقي فيه قافلة قادمة من القدس بقافلة قادمة من يافا ، يحدث تأخير قد يستمر طويلة ... دخول هذا الوادي الذي يسقيه العرب باب الواد ... "

خلال حرب الاستقلال میخ هذا المكان ، بسبب الصعوبة الكاملة في هذا الممر الضيق بين الجبال ، أسماء أخرى من بينها ، بوابة الرعب ، جستم . بوابة الدم وادي ظن الموت وغيرها

Sha’ar Hagai was a bottleneck and the weak point on the road from the Shefelah to Jerusalem.

The French explorer Victor Guérin, who studied the Land of Israel, described Sha’ar Hagai in 1868:
"...The track winds between walls of rocks, overgrown with brush and thickets... the passage is so narrow that a determined band of men could stop an army in it with little difficulty. It takes more than an hour and much effort to pass through the gorge. When a caravan descending from Jerusalem encounters one ascending from Jaffa, the delay is often considerable. The entrance to this gorge is called Bab el-Wad by the Arabs."

In Israel’s War of Independence, the dangerously narrow gorge was known by several nicknames: The Gate of Terror, Hell, the Gate of Blood, the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and more.

[מפת האתר]
[Map of the site]
Photography:
Add comments, corrections, or missing information. After clicking the "Submit" button you will be taken to a page where you will be required to specify your name and email address.
Please note, you do not need to specify details about the item, these details will be automatically added


Comments:
The Khan Sha’ar HaGai site includes a memorial center for convoys that broke through to Jerusalem. The site was inaugurated at the end of 2020.
The place was photographed that day by the same photographer Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

And in the next picture you can see how easy it is to block the lane and the road to Jerusalem Click for a larger image

In the courtyard of the khan you can find armored vehicles used by the convoys that tried to break through the siege of Jerusalem.
These armored vehicles stood for many years on both sides of the road to Jerusalem, with the establishment of the memorial site, the armored vehicles were renovated and placed in the Khan’s courtyard and in other places.
The armored vehicles were photographed by the same photographer that day Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

Learn about:




The ultimate street signs, historical sites and house numbers

Initiating the site - Eli Zvuluny - Programming and building the site Possible Worlds Ltd. Possible Worlds Ltd. © 2019-2024

© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - The site and its content are copyright protected. The full copyrights of the site's content belong to Eli Zvuluny. All images in the site (unless another photographer is mentioned) were taken by Eli Zvuluny that has the full copyrights on them. The use of any images or other materials included herein, in whole or part, for any purpose is expressly prohibited without the written permission of Eli Zvuluny. .