The name “Herod’s Gate” was based on the belief that King Herod’s palace was located near the site, and is located at the northeast corner of Jerusalem’s Old City between Damascus Gate and Lion’s Gate, adjoining the Muslim Quarter. It is also called the Flower Gate because of intricate stone designs above the gate, and the Sheep’s Gate because of the animal market held outside of the gate.
The gate was a modest entrance until the 1870s when the Turks built the more impressive gate to give access to neighbourhoods north of the Old City.
