Old Jerusalem The Old City covers roughly 220 acres. The surrounding walls date to the rule of the Ottoman Sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent 1520-1566. The Old City has a total of 11 gates, but only seven are open (Jaffa, Zion, Dung, Lions, Herod’s, Damascus and New). The Four Quarters The Old City is divided into four neighborhoods, Christian Quarter, Armenian Quarterm, Muslim Quarter, and the Jewish Quarter.   RETURN