| Bab Tuma باب توما | |
| Location: | Old Damascus, Syria |
| Coordinates: | 33.5133°N 36.315°W |
Bab Tuma (Arabic: بَابُ تُومَا|Bāb Tūmā, meaning: "Gate of Thomas") is a neighborhood located in the Old city of Damascus in Syria. It is one of the seven gates of Damascus, a geographic landmark of Christianity.
The gate was named by the Byzantines to commemorate Thomas the Apostle, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ.
The Romans first built the seven gates of Damascus, the gate was dedicated to Venus around 2,000 years ago.
The Ayyubid dynasty reconstructed it in the 13th century.
The Damascus affair happened in 1840, near Bab Tuma, when an Italian monk & his servant disappeared. The Christians accused the Jews of their disappearance, saying they extracted their blood to bake matzo. French noble, Alphonse de Lamartine visited Bab Tuma in 1832.
The neighborhood was the site of the 1860 massacre of Christians by a local interfaith mob, during the larger conflict between the Druze and Christians in Mount Lebanon
It is a famous geographic landmark in Damascus. It has a hotel in the area called "Bab Touma Hotel".
It is located in Old Damascus, near Bab Sharqi and the Umayyad Mosque.
In the 16th century, it was entirely Syriac Catholic and Greek Orthodox. Easter and Christmas are celebrated every year in the area. Kahk is prepared every year on Easter.