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Jaffa Clock Tower

Buildings and structures in Tel AvivClock towers in IsraelJaffaOttoman architecture in IsraelOttoman clock towers
Palestinian architectureTowers completed in 1903
Jaffa Clock Tower, 2019 (03)
Jaffa Clock Tower, 2019 (03)

The Jaffa Clock Tower (Hebrew: מגדל השעון יפו, Migdal haShaon Yafo, Arabic: يافا برج الساعة, Turkish: Yafa Saat Kulesi) stands in the middle of the north end of Yefet Street in Jaffa, Tel Aviv. The tower, built of limestone, incorporates two clocks and a plaque commemorating the Israelis killed in the battle for the town in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.It is one of seven clock towers built in Ottoman Palestine. The others are located in Safed, Acre, Nazareth (though that one is significantly smaller), Haifa, Nablus. Jerusalem also had a clock tower built during the Ottoman period, but the British Field Marshal Sir Edmund Allenby, demanded its destruction as he would not see such a clear Ottoman symbol resting on the city wall of Jerusalem, for which he had much emotions.

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Jaffa Clock Tower
Tayelet Mifrats Shlomo, Jaffa Old Jaffa, Jaffa Port

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Tayelet Mifrats Shlomo
6803608 Jaffa, Old Jaffa, Jaffa Port
Tel Aviv District, Israel
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Jaffa Clock Tower, 2019 (03)
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