Old City of Jaffa

Old Jaffa is the oldest neighborhood in . It is one of Israel's main tourist attractions, with art galleries, restaurants, theaters, museums, and nightclubs.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: historical part of the Israeli city of Jaffa
  • Also known as: “Old Jaffa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Arab-Hebrew Theater and Saint Peter’s Church.

Theater building
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Al Saraya Theater is a multilingual theater located in the Old Saraya House in the Old City of . It serves as a stage for two theater companies working independently and together in two languages: Hebrew and Arabic.

Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
St. Peter's Church is a Franciscan Catholic church in Old Jaffa, now part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, .

Mosque
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
The al-Bahr Mosque, is the oldest extant in the historical part of , in greater , in the of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include American–German Colony and Ajami.

Neighborhood
The is a residential neighborhood in the southern part of , . It is located between Eilat Street and HaRabbi MiBacherach Street and adjoins .

Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is a predominantly Arab neighborhood in Tel Aviv-Yafo, , situated south of and north of the Jabaliyya neighborhood on the Mediterranean Sea.

Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine port city which is part of , , located in its southern part.

Old City of Jaffa

Latitude
32.05382° or 32° 3′ 14″ north
Longitude
34.75333° or 34° 45′ 12″ east
Open location code
8G4P3Q33+G8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7038359403
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q7083682
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Old City of Jaffa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “يافا القديمة”
  • Chinese: “雅法老城”
  • Esperanto: “Malnova Jafo”
  • French: “Old Jaffa”
  • Hebrew: “גן אבראשה”
  • Hebrew: “גן אברשה”
  • Hebrew: “גן המדרון”
  • Hebrew: “גן הפסגה”
  • Hebrew: “יפו העתיקה”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר קדומים”
  • Italian: “Giaffa antica”
  • Japanese: “ヤッファ旧市街”
  • Turkish: “Eski Yafa”

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