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In 1965 [2] or 1966 [4] the Jaffa Clock Tower was renovated, new clocks were installed and colorful stained glass windows describing the history of Jaffa and designed by Arie Koren were added. [2] During a second restoration in 2001, the original mechanism of the clock and the bell were found. [2]
Seven such clock towers were erected in what are now Israel and the Palestinian Territories – in Safed, Acre, Haifa, Nazareth, Nablus, Jerusalem, and Jaffa. The fact that the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem was selected for the clock tower indicates the gate's importance at the time, even more than the Damascus Gate.
Jaffa clock tower. The Clock Square with its distinctive clocktower was built in 1906 in honor of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The Saraya (governor's palace) was built in the 1890s. [119] [failed verification] Andromeda rock is the rock to which beautiful Andromeda was chained in Greek mythology. [120]
HaTsorfim Street in the neighbourhood. The Old City was damaged by the Napoleonic wars and an earthquake in 1837. [1] When the wall of Jaffa, which was rebuilt in the early 19th century, was dismantled between 1878 and 1888 to allow expansion, both the city and the centres of government shifted eastwards, though the Old City remained the cultural center of the city.
Original – Jaffa clock tower constructed between 1900 and 1903 of the Ottoman period. Reason High quality, high EV. One of seven Ottoman-period clock towers built in Israel/Palestine and located in the ancient city of Jaffa. Articles in which these images appear Jaffa Clock Tower, Jaffa FP category for this image Other places Creator Godot13
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The Zoharei Chama Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת זהרי חמה, lit. 'Sunrise Synagogue' [1]: 392–393 ), also spelled Zohorei Chama, colloquially known as the Sundial Building or Mahane Yehuda Clock Tower, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, Israel.
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