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Safed

צְפַת‎ (Hebrew)
صفد (Arabic)
City
Safed 2009.jpg
Coat of arms of Safed
Coat of arms
Country  Israel
District Tz'fat (Mehoz Tz'fat)
Area
 • Total 63.7 km2 (24.6 sq mi)
Elevation
900 m (3,000 ft)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total 30,100
Time zone UTC+2 (Israel Standard Time (IST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (Israel Summer Time (IDT))
Area code(s) +972 (Israel)
Website http://www.zefat.muni.il/ (Hebrew)

Safed (Hebrew: צְפַת‎‎‎, Tzfat; Arabic: صفد, Ṣafad) is a major city in northern Israel. It is in the Safed region of the Upper Galilee Mountains. Safed is an international center for Kabbalah study. It is one of Judaism's four holiest cities, along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Tiberias.

Due to its mild climate and scenic views, Safed has become a popular holiday resort frequented by Israelis and by foreign visitors.

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    The Red Mosque in Safed, 2001. It was originally built by the Mamluk sultan Baybars in 1275, and renovated or expanded by the Ottomans in 1671/72

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    The Mamluk mausoleum of Zawiyat Banat Hamid, originally built in 1372

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    The Red Mosque

  • Sar Shalom, Safed 1579

    Hebrew book printed by Eliezer Ashkenazi in 1579

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    Safed in the 19th century

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    Muslim quarter of Safed circa 1908

  • Safed. Kunstenaarskolonie weg met aan weerzijden muren met zicht op het atelier, Bestanddeelnr 255-9230

    Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Safed

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    Beit Knesset Abuhav, one of the city's historic synagogues

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    Street art in Safed

  • Blue door in Beit Castel gallery, Safed, Israel

    Beit Castel gallery in the artists' colony

  • PikiWiki Israel 60503 the scottish church in safed

    Scottish church in Safed

  • Panorama Safed and Mount Meron

    Panorama Safed and Mount Meron

  • Zoltan Kluger. Safed

    Safad 1937

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    Mandate Police station at Mount Canaan, above Safed (1948)

  • Safed 1948

    Safed (1948)

  • Safed citadel

    Safed Citadel (1948)

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    Safad Municipal Police Station after the battle (1948)

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    Bussel House, Safad, 11 April 1948: Yiftach Brigade headquarters

  • Mount Canaan iv

    View of Safed from Mount Canaan (1948)

  • Mount Canaan Police station

    Mandate administration building on the eastern outskirts of Safed (1948)

  • Safed v

    Yiftach Brigade, with their Hotchkiss machine guns, based at Bussel House, 1948

  • Druze in Safad

    Druze parading in Safed after the Palmach victory in 1948

  • Meron 181

    Monument to the Israeli soldiers who fought in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

  • Safed 2009

    Safed in 2009

  • Safed view 02

    View of Safed

  • Safed view 01

    View of Safed

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    Houses in Safed

  • SafedDSCN4022

    Doorway in Beit Castel gallery, Safed

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Safed para niños

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