hat ani y ya " ▁was ▁also ▁established ▁in ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁the ▁F at im id ▁era ▁fort ification ▁tower , ▁today ▁entered ▁through ▁the ▁western ▁portal ▁of ▁the ▁tw in - gate . ▁ ▁Tri ple ▁Gate ▁The ▁Tri ple ▁Gate ▁was ▁blocked ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁century . ▁The ▁western ▁j amb ▁is ▁Her od ian , ▁while ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁what ▁we ▁see ▁today ▁is ▁Um ay y ad . ▁ ▁Inside ▁the ▁Tri ple ▁Gate , ▁in ▁Her od ian ▁times ▁there ▁must ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁passage way ▁identical ▁to ▁the ▁one ▁inside ▁the ▁Double ▁Gate . ▁Its ▁remains ▁now ▁connect ▁to ▁the ▁so - called ▁" Sol omon ' s ▁St ables ", ▁initially ▁a ▁p illa red ▁Her od ian ▁sub structure ▁of ▁his ▁en larg ed ▁Temple ▁es pl ana de , ▁with ▁some ▁Her od ian ▁elements ▁still ▁visible , ▁but ▁repeatedly ▁rep a ired ▁and ▁re built ▁over ▁the ▁centuries ▁and ▁used ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁as ▁a ▁mos que . ▁ ▁The ▁interior ▁of ▁the ▁Tri ple ▁Gate ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁Double ▁Gate , ▁though ▁the ▁longer ▁a is le ▁is ▁to ▁the ▁west , ▁and ▁its ▁third ▁a is le , ▁on ▁the ▁east , ▁forms ▁the ▁western ▁boundary ▁of ▁the ▁v ault ed ▁area ▁known ▁as ▁Sol omon ' s ▁St ables . ▁ ▁Gallery ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁G ates ▁of ▁the ▁Temple ▁Mount ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : G ates ▁in