Gates in the walls of Nineveh built by Sennacherib around 700 BC, parts of them reconstructed in the 20th century.
The gates and their winged bulls were damaged in 2015 and 2016, and work is under way to protect and restore them.
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The Nergal and Adad Gates (Nineveh)
بوابتا نرگال وأدد (نينوى)
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