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Jaffa Hill is a center for archaeological finds, including restored Egyptian gates, about 3,500 years old. Jaffa Lighthouse is an inactive lighthouse located in the old port. The Jaffa Museum of Antiquities is located in an 18th-century Ottoman building constructed on the remains of a Crusader fortress. In 1811, Abu Nabout turned it into his ...
The Jaffa orange (Arabic: برتقال يافا, Hebrew: תפוז יפו), is an orange variety with few seeds and a tough skin that makes it particularly suitable for export. Developed by Arab farmers in the mid-19th century, the variety takes its name from the city of Jaffa where it was first produced for export.
A number of Australian and New Zealand amateur sporting groups use Jaffa as a team name. In Dunedin , New Zealand, every year [ needs update ] a vast quantity of Jaffas is raced down Baldwin Street – the world's steepest residential street, according to the Guinness World Records [ 5 ] – as part of the Cadbury Chocolate carnival, which is ...
200 BCE – Jaffa becomes part of the Seleucid Empire. 68 CE – Jaffa becomes part of the Roman Empire under Vespasian. [3] 636 CE – Jaffa is taken from the Romans by Arab forces under Caliph Omar. [4] 1099 AD – Jaffa is temporarily taken from the Muslims by the Christian Crusaders. [4] 1126 AD – Knights of St. John in power in Jaffa. [3]
Philistia (Hebrew: פְּלֶשֶׁת, romanized: Pəlešeṯ; Biblical Greek: Γῆ τῶν Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: Gê tôn Phylistieím) was a confederation of five main cities or pentapolis in the Southwest Levant, made up of principally Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and for a time, Jaffa (part of present-day Tel Aviv).
Jaffa Cakes are a cake introduced by McVitie and Price in the UK in 1927 and named after Jaffa oranges. The most common form of Jaffa cakes are circular, 2 + 1 ⁄ 8 inches (54 mm) in diameter and have three layers: a Genoise sponge base, a layer of orange flavoured jam and a coating of chocolate .
Old Jaffa [yafa ha'atiká] – Ancient Yafo; Arabic: يافا العتيقة, Arabic pronunciation: [jaː.faː al.ʕa.tiː.qa] – Ancient Jaffa or يافا القديمة, Arabic pronunciation: [jaː.faː al.qa.diː.ma] – Old Jaffa) is a neighborhood of Israel and the oldest part of Jaffa. A neighborhood with art galleries, restaurants ...
Jaffa (or sometimes Jafa and other transliterations from Hebrew or Arabic) may also refer to: Arts. Jaffa, an Israeli drama directed by Keren Yedaya; Jaffa, a ...