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Second arch

The gate itself was built by the Ottoman Turks in the 16th century during the construction of city fortifications. The design of the gate can be described in the Arabic term as bab-khanah (gate tower or gate fortification), from which the European barbikan apparently originated. In essence, this is what it is.

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