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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 ...
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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 ...
Map depicting Jaffa enclosed by its wall, dating back to 1840-41 Jerusalem gate in the wall of Jaffa, with the fort behind it Ottoman cannons, positioned outside the walls of Jaffa to safeguard against Bedouin raids and pirate attacks from the sea
The Survey of Palestine was the government department responsible for the survey and mapping of Palestine during the British mandate period.. The survey department was established in 1920 in Jaffa, and moved to the outskirts of Tel Aviv in 1931. [1]
Jaffa Gate (Hebrew: שער יפו, romanized: Sha'ar Yafo; Arabic: باب الخليل, romanized: Bāb al-Khalīl, "Hebron Gate") is one of the seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. The name Jaffa Gate is currently used for both the historical Ottoman gate from 1538, and for the wide gap in the city wall adjacent to it to the south.
Jaffa Gate: Omar ibn il-Khatab St. entrance to Old City Jaffa Road: 89.5 Old City, Jaffa Gate כיכר שער יפו (Jaffa Gate Square) Yitzhak Kariv St. Mamilla Mall: 89.9 מנהרת הצנחנים (HaTsanhanim Tunnel) 2 lanes, 600m. Paratroopers: HaTsanhanim Street: 90 Old City, New Gate: New Gate St. entrance to Old City 90.05 Saint-Louis ...
Jaffa Road, also called Jaffa Street (Hebrew: רחוב יפו, romanized: Rehov Yaffo; Arabic: شارع يافا) is one of the longest and oldest major streets in Jerusalem. [1] It crosses the city from east to west, from the Old City walls to downtown Jerusalem, the western portal of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway .