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The Old City of Jaffa is an area in Jaffa
, Israel
. It is located in the southern part of the Tel Aviv – Jaffa
municipality.
Jaffa is a walled city; the main entrance is the Jaffa Gate, Bab el-Halil or Hebron Gate, built by Suleiman the Magnificent
in 1538.
Jaffa
Jaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world. Jaffa was incorporated with Tel Aviv creating the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical story of the prophet Jonah.-Etymology:...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. It is located in the southern part of the Tel Aviv – Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
municipality.
Jaffa is a walled city; the main entrance is the Jaffa Gate, Bab el-Halil or Hebron Gate, built by Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman I was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566. He is known in the West as Suleiman the Magnificent and in the East, as "The Lawgiver" , for his complete reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system...
in 1538.