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In the 10th century, Al-Muqaddasi described Jaffa as a small town, protected by a strong wall with iron gates. Constantin de Volney, the French politician and orientalist, who visited Jaffa on his journey to the east, reported it had walls twelve to fourteen feet high and three to five feet wide. [3] These walls were breached by Napoleon in ...
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.
The route from Bethel southwards would have passed through today's neighborhoods of Beit Hanina, Shuafat, French Hill, Givat HaMivtar and Kerem Avraham, crossing Jaffa Road at the center of modern down-town Jerusalem behind the HaMashbir Department Store building, and continuing along Shmuel HaNagid St. (peak height: Ratisbonne Monastery), King ...
Christian Quarter: Arched entrance to the Muristan, northern access to Suq Aftimos Map of the Christian Quarter. The Christian Quarter (Hebrew: הרובע הנוצרי, romanized: Ha-Rova ha-Notsri; Arabic: حارة النصارى, romanized: Ḥārat al-Naṣārā) is one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem, the other three being the Jewish Quarter, the Muslim Quarter and ...
Maps Christians Muslims Total Close up Wider area City colonies: German Colony, Haifa: 1869 Haifa Unknown German Colony, Jaffa: 1869 Jaffa Unknown Germany Colony, Jerusalem: 1878 Jerusalem Unknown Agricultural colonies: Sarona: 1872 Jaffa outskirts 150 [24] 150 [24] Wilhelma: 1902 240 [24] 240 [24] Bethlehem of Galilee: 1906 Haifa outskirts 160 ...
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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 ...
Old City: Ma'ale HaShalom St. Hativat Yerushalayim Street: 89.4 Old City, 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 ...