Al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta
Al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict.
Al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. The village was on a descent at the southwestern part of Safad, a town 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) east of the village. Possibly named after the Mamluk sultan al-Zahir Baybars, the village was incorporated into the Safad Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and its entirely Muslim population paid fixed taxes, as well as taxes on winter pastures, an olive oil or grape syrup press and beehives during the 16th century. By the late 19th century, the population grew to 335 inhabitants, all Muslims. The population remained about the same in the last years of British Mandatory rule. The village lands spanned 6,773 dunums, nearly half of which were used to grow grains, the residents living on 28 dunums. Al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War when its inhabitants fled shortly after the capture of Safed by Jewish paramilitary forces.
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Worth seeing in and around Al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue
The Ashkenazi Ari Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Israel Najara Street, in Safed, in the Northern District of Israel. Dedicated in memory of Rabbi Isaac Luria, a kabbalist who was known by the Hebrew acronym "the ARI", the synagogue was completed in the late 16th-century, several years after his death in 1572.
900 m · orthodox synagogue in Safed, Israel · Wikipedia - 02Abuhav synagogue
The Abuhav Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Safed, in the Northern Director of Israel. The synagogue was completed in the 15th century and named in honor of the Spanish kabbalist of the era, Rabbi Isaac Abuhav, and is located on the eponymous Abuhav Lane.
800 m · synagogue in Safed, Israel · Wikipedia - 03Safed Fortress
The Citadel of Safed is a now-defunct fortress castle situated on the peak of the mountain housing the modern city of Safed. Furthermore, fortifications existed during the late period of the Second Temple as well as the Roman Empire.
1 km · archaeological site in Israel · Wikipedia - 04Birya Fortress
Birya Fortress is a fortress built by the Jewish Palmach paramilitary during the British Mandate near the Jewish village of Birya and the Arab village of Biriyya. In 1946 the Birya affair took place here.
3.6 km · fortress built during the British Mandate, near the modern town of Birya · Wikipedia - 05Frenkel Frenel Museum
Frenkel Frenel Museum is an art museum in the northern Israeli city of Safed. It was also known as Frenkel's Castle in the press.
800 m · museum in Safed · Wikipedia - 06Shem And Eber Cave
The Shem and Eber cave is a cave in the Old City of Safed, which has historically been a holy site for the Abrahamic religions.
900 m · holy site in Safed, Isral · Wikipedia - 07Beit Castel
The Beit Castel gallery, is a gallery in the Artists' Colony of Safed in Israel. The gallery hosts art of a diverse range of artists from the Artists' Quarter of Safed with a special focus on the golden age of art in Safed.
800 m · Art gallery in Safed, Israel · Wikipedia
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