Jaffa

==Landmarks==
{{see also|Old Jaffa}}

===Sights and museums===
[[File:ISR-2015-Jaffa-Clock tower.jpg|thumb|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/eng/Pages/HomePage.aspx |title=Tel aviv yafo |publisher=Tel-Aviv/Yafo Municipality }}</ref>{{failed verification| date=December 2012}} ''Andromeda rock'' is the rock to which beautiful Andromeda was chained in [[Greek mythology]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Pliny the Elder|title=Natural History|chapter=v.69}}</ref> The ''Zodiac alleys'' are a maze of restored alleys leading to the harbor. ''Jaffa Hill'' is a center for [[archaeology|archaeological]] finds, including restored Egyptian gates, about 3,500 years old. [[Jaffa Light|''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 [[Crusades|Crusader]] fortress. In 1811, Abu Nabout turned it into his seat of government. In the late 19th century, the governmental moved to the "New Saraya," and the building was sold to a wealthy Greek-Orthodox family who established a soap factory there. Since 1961, it has housed an archaeological museum,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldjaffa.co.il/ArticlesEng/Article.asp?ArticleID=171&CategoryID=17 |title=Old Jaffa Museum |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081226005633/http://www.oldjaffa.co.il/ArticlesEng/Article.asp?ArticleID=171&CategoryID=17 | archive-date=26 December 2008}}</ref> which is currently closed to the general public.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.antiquities.org.il/jaffa/partners.asp |title=Project Partners |work=The Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project |publisher=The Jaffa Museum of Archaeology |access-date=18 December 2012 }}</ref>

The [[Libyan Synagogue, Jaffa|Libyan Synagogue]] (''Beit Zunana'') was a synagogue built by a Jewish landlord, Zunana, in the 18th century. It was turned into a hotel and then a soap factory, and reopened as a synagogue for Libyan Jewish immigrants after 1948. In 1995, it became a museum.

Other museums and galleries in the area include the [[Farkash Gallery collection]].

===Churches and monasteries===
[[File:Easter 2011 in Jaffa.JPG|thumb|[[Easter]] parade in Jaffa, 2011]]

The [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]] ''Monastery of Archangel Michael'' ([[Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem|Patriarchate of Jerusalem]]) near [[Jaffa Port]] also has [[Romanian Orthodox Church|Romanian]] and Russian communities in its compound. Built in 1894, the Church of St. Peter and [[Dorcas|St. Tabitha]] serves the Russian Orthodox Christian community, with services in Russian and Hebrew; underneath the chapel nearby there is what is believed to be the tomb of St Tabitha.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/933355.html | title = В день памяти праведной Тавифы на подворье Русской духовной миссии в Яффо совершена праздничная Литургия |trans-title=On the feast day of Tabitha of righteous memory, a festive liturgy performed in the courtyard of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jaffa | date = 9 November 2009 | publisher = Russian Orthodox Church}}</ref> [[St. Peter's Church, Jaffa|St. Peter's Church]] is a [[Franciscan]] [[Roman-Catholic]] basilica and hospice built in 1654 on the remains of a [[Crusades|Crusader]] [[fortress]], and commemorates [[St Peter]], as he brought the disciple [[Tabitha]] back from the dead; [[Napoleon]] is believed to have stayed there.

[[Immanuel Church (Tel Aviv)|Immanuel Church]], built 1904, serves today a [[Lutheran]] congregation with services in English and Hebrew.

The [[Saint Nicholas Monastery, Jaffa|Saint Nicholas Armenian Monastery]] was built in the 17th century.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Zafran |first1= Eric |last2= Resendez |first2= Sydney |year= 1998 |title= French Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Artists born before 1790 |location= Boston |publisher= Museum of Fine Arts Boston |page= 189 |isbn= 0878464611}}</ref>

===Mosques===
[[File:Ioppe - Bruyn Cornelis De - 1714.jpg|thumb|Jaffa, by [[Cornelis de Bruijn]], c. 1675]]
[[File:Jaffa Mahmoudiya-Moschee.JPG|thumb|[[Mahmoudiya Mosque]] is largest mosque in Tel Aviv]]

[[Al-Bahr Mosque]], lit. the Sea Mosque, overlooking the harbour, is depicted in a painting from 1675 by the Dutch painter [[Cornelis de Bruijn]].<ref>Petersen, 2002, p. [https://www.academia.edu/21539664/Gazetteer_4_D-J 166]</ref><ref>[[James Silk Buckingham]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9l5dAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA157 ''Travels in Palestine, Through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead, East of the River Jordan: Including a Visit to the Cities of Geraza and Gamala, in the Decapolis,'']  Longman, 1821 mentions Lebrun's visit in 1675,(coinciding with the date the Sea Mosque is said to have been built)</ref> It may be Jaffa's oldest existing mosque. Built originally in 1675,<ref>Dan Mirkin, 'The Ottoman Port of Jaffa: A Port without a Harbour,' Aaron A. Burke, Katherine Strange Burke, Martin Peilstocker  (eds.) [https://books.google.com/books?id=c2mRDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA152 ''The History and Archaeology of Jaffa 2,'']  [[Peeters (publishing company)|ISD LLC]] 2017, {{isbn|978-1-938-77057-9}} pp.121–155 p.152, n.16.</ref> changes to the structure have been made since then, such as the addition of a second floor and reconstruction of the upper part of the minaret. It was used by fishermen and sailors frequenting the port, and residents of the surrounding area. According to local legend, the wives of sailors living in Jaffa prayed there for the safe return of their husbands. The mosque was renovated in 1997.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Mahmoudia Mosque was built in 1812 by Abu Nabbut, governor of Jaffa from 1810 to 1820.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.artmag.com/galeries/israel/jafphco/aisjaco6.html |title= History of Jaffa |work= ArtMag |publisher= Université Européenne de la Recherche |access-date= 18 December 2012}}</ref> Outside the mosque is a water fountain (''sabil'') for pilgrims.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=7227 |title= Sabil Abu Nabbut |publisher= ArchNet Digital Library |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604200302/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=7227 |archive-date= 4 June 2011 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>

Nouzha Mosque on Jerusalem Boulevard is Jaffa's main mosque today.