Walls of Jerusalem

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The Walls of Jerusalem are the historic fortifications surrounding Jerusalem’s Old City, most of which date to the 16th-century Ottoman reconstruction under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.

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Label	Occurrences
Walls of Jerusalem canonical	5
Jerusalem Old City walls	1
Jerusalem city walls (various phases)	1
Ottoman walls of Jerusalem	1
Ottoman-period city walls of Jerusalem	1
city walls of Aelia Capitolina	1
walls of Jerusalem	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16050627 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Walls of Jerusalem
Context triple: [Sha'ar HeHadash, partOf, Walls of Jerusalem]

A. Eastern Wall of the Old City of Jerusalem
The Eastern Wall of the Old City of Jerusalem is the historic fortification line facing the Mount of Olives, notable for enclosing the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif and containing several ancient gates and archaeological remains.
B. Dung Gate of Jerusalem
The Dung Gate of Jerusalem is one of the historic entrances in the Old City walls, located near the Western Wall and serving as a main access point to the Jewish Quarter.
C. Citadel of Jerusalem
The Citadel of Jerusalem, also known as the Tower of David, is a historic medieval fortress near the Old City’s western entrance that has served as a strategic stronghold for successive rulers and now functions as a museum and cultural site.
D. Gates in Jerusalem
Gates in Jerusalem are the historic entrances in the Old City walls that have served for centuries as key access points, defensive structures, and cultural landmarks for the city’s diverse communities.
E. Walls of Jericho
Walls of Jericho is the 1985 debut full-length studio album by German power metal band Helloween, regarded as a foundational release in the development of European power metal.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Walls of Jerusalem
Target entity description: The Walls of Jerusalem are the historic fortifications surrounding Jerusalem’s Old City, most of which date to the 16th-century Ottoman reconstruction under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.

A. Eastern Wall of the Old City of Jerusalem
The Eastern Wall of the Old City of Jerusalem is the historic fortification line facing the Mount of Olives, notable for enclosing the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif and containing several ancient gates and archaeological remains.
B. Dung Gate of Jerusalem
The Dung Gate of Jerusalem is one of the historic entrances in the Old City walls, located near the Western Wall and serving as a main access point to the Jewish Quarter.
C. Citadel of Jerusalem
The Citadel of Jerusalem, also known as the Tower of David, is a historic medieval fortress near the Old City’s western entrance that has served as a strategic stronghold for successive rulers and now functions as a museum and cultural site.
D. Gates in Jerusalem
Gates in Jerusalem are the historic entrances in the Old City walls that have served for centuries as key access points, defensive structures, and cultural landmarks for the city’s diverse communities.
E. Walls of Jericho
Walls of Jericho is the 1985 debut full-length studio album by German power metal band Helloween, regarded as a foundational release in the development of European power metal.
F. None of above. chosen

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sha'ar HeHadash → partOf → Walls of Jerusalem ⓘ

Dung Gate of Jerusalem → partOf → Walls of Jerusalem ⓘ

subject surface form: Dung Gate

Bab al-Jadid → partOf → Walls of Jerusalem ⓘ

Sha'ar Tzion → partOf → Walls of Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman walls of Jerusalem

Bab az-Zahra → partOf → Walls of Jerusalem ⓘ

Flowers Gate → heritageContext → Walls of Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman-period city walls of Jerusalem

Gate of the Column → partOf → Walls of Jerusalem ⓘ

subject surface form: Damascus Gate

this entity surface form: walls of Jerusalem

Roman gate of Aelia Capitolina → partOf → Walls of Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: city walls of Aelia Capitolina

Meleke stone → notableUse → Walls of Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jerusalem city walls (various phases)

Sha'ar Yafo → partOf → Walls of Jerusalem ⓘ

Mamilla neighborhood → adjacentTo → Walls of Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jerusalem Old City walls

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