5. Great Mosque
The Great Mosque (also called the Mahmudiye Mosque) was built in several stages, but much of the construction you see today was carried out in the early 19th century by the Ottoman governor of Gaza and Jaffa, Mahmud Pasha – known as Abu Nabut (father of the Cudgel).
The most unique part of its architecture happened due to mistake. Builders working on the mosque reused antique Roman columns from the ancient sites of Ashkelon and Caesarea here, but mistakenly set them upside down with the capitals at the foot.
6. House of Simon the Tanner
The small mosque here (built in 1730) is believed to occupy the site of the house of Simon the Tanner with whom the Apostle Peter stayed after raising Tabitha from the dead. You can’t enter the site, but you can see the façade from the outside.
The site is important in Christian belief as it was here that Peter had the dream that convinced him to begin converting the Roman pagans into the new beliefs begun by Jesus Christ and so saw Christianity split away from Judaism properly as its own separate religion.
Location: Off HaMigdalor Street, Jaffa
