is a big fan of the Age of Sail, and these ships really speak to him - he loves transitional eras, and the Anglo-Dutch Wars was one of those.
Herod's Gate is where, in 1099, the Crusaders breached the wall to Jerusalem.
The current gate, though, dates to AD 1535-1541.
In 1967, Jordanian troops fired at the Israeli positions to the north of this area. The Isarelis had taken positions in the Rockefeller complex, and in the general area to the north.
