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Jaffa
Jaffa
On Friday afternoon, I was able to walk down to Jaffa and take a look at this very old port.
 
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A horse-drawn vegetable cart in the Shuk
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A horse-drawn vegetable cart in the Shuk
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Jaffa in the background with the seaside path to it in the foreground.
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Jaffa in the background with the seaside path to it in the foreground.
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The 'world-famous' clock tower. It marks the entrance to Jaffa and is about 100 years old.
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The 'world-famous' clock tower. It marks the entrance to Jaffa and is about 100 years old.
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There are clocks on all four sides.
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There are clocks on all four sides.
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Look at the windows.
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Look at the windows.
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Here is a close-up.
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Here is a close-up.
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The Ottomans may claim that they controlled Jaffa--which was overrun by everyone for more than 4,000 years--but Napoleon left these cannon behind.
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The Ottomans may claim that they controlled Jaffa--which was overrun by everyone for more than 4,000 years--but Napoleon left these cannon behind.
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Napoleon's cannons guarding the port.
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Napoleon's cannons guarding the port.
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Where the cannon seem to be pointed.
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Where the cannon seem to be pointed.
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Looking back at Tel Aviv from the Jaffa port.
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Looking back at Tel Aviv from the Jaffa port.
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A map of the most historic part of Jaffa.
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A map of the most historic part of Jaffa.
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Al-Bahr Mosque is situated on the Ha`aliya Hashniya harbor. A painting from 1675, by the Dutch painter Lebrun, might indicate that al-Bahr Mosque, Jaffa's oldest extant mosque, dates to at least as early as mid 17th century.
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Al-Bahr Mosque is situated on the Ha`aliya Hashniya harbor. A painting from 1675, by the Dutch painter Lebrun, might indicate that al-Bahr Mosque, Jaffa's oldest extant mosque, dates to at least as early as mid 17th century.
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St. Peter Church. This is the landmark you could see in the earlier pictures from Tel Aviv.
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St. Peter Church. This is the landmark you could see in the earlier pictures from Tel Aviv.
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The main square in the port area. There is an archeological excavation underneath it.
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The main square in the port area. There is an archeological excavation underneath it.
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It doesn't look like much, but the rock is where Greek mythology said Andromeda was chained. Something about Andromeda
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It doesn't look like much, but the rock is where Greek mythology said Andromeda was chained. Something about Andromeda
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Tour buses come up this narrow road to the square.
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Tour buses come up this narrow road to the square.
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Steps to the square from the south end.
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Steps to the square from the south end.
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Tour buses come up this narrow road to the square.
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Tour buses come up this narrow road to the square.
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With so much history, it is not surprising that there is much archeology going on.
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With so much history, it is not surprising that there is much archeology going on.
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Exposed ruins
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Exposed ruins