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]].