Jaffa

===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.