14 Sights in Bat Yam, Israel (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Bat Yam, Israel. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 14 sights are available in Bat Yam, Israel.
Sightseeing Tours in Bat Yam1. Hechal Yehuda Synagogue
The Hechal Yehuda Synagogue, also commonly known as the Recanati synagogue, is one of approximately 500 synagogues in Tel Aviv, Israel. Situated on the Menahem ben Saruq street in the city's centre, it is often referred to as the Seashell Synagogue because of its unusual shape resembling a seashell. The design is inspired by the seashells on the shores of the Greek city of Thessaloniki, which is the hometown of the wealthy Recanati family and the synagogue's architect, Yitzhak Toledano. It was the Recanati family who donated the money for the synagogue. It is affiliated with Orthodox Judaism.
2. The Sea Mosque
The al-Bahr Mosque or Masjid al-Bahr (Arabic: مسجد البحر, Misgad HaYam, meaning in all languages The Sea Mosque, is the oldest extant mosque in the historical part of Jaffa, Israel. Built in 1675, It is situated on the HaAliya HaShniya Street near the harbour. Due to its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, fishermen and sailors used the mosque, as well as nearby inhabitants of the surrounding area. Built by the 'Azza /Alazzeh family as inscribed in stone above the entrance next to the Basmala.
3. St. Nicolas Church
Saint Nicholas Monastery is an Armenian monastery built in the first millennium AD. Located in Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel, near the harbour and facing the Mediterranean, the monastery consists of a large multi-story complex that includes an Armenian church and living quarters. The monastery is under the jurisdiction of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which rents out parts of the complex for residential and commercial purposes.
4. The Track Park
The Railway Park is a public park in south Tel Aviv on the route of the Ottoman railway in the vicinity of Neve Tzedek, between Nahalat Binyamin Street in the east and up to the station compound and Kaufman Street in the west. The park partially opened to the public in October 2020. One of the main inspirations for the park is the Jerusalem Railway Park, which was inaugurated in 2013.
5. White City Sculpture
Edith Wolfson Park is a park in southeast Tel Aviv between Peace Road, Pilots Road and LaGuardia Street. In the center of the park is an environmental sculpture called "White Square" created by artist Danny Karavan. The park is also known by its Arabic name Plaster Hill, because the residents of Salma once grew watermelons there.
6. Etzel Museum
The Etzel House, commonly known as Beit Gidi, is a museum located in Tel Aviv, Israel dedicated to the Zionist paramilitary organization Irgun, also known by its acronym Etzel. Beit Gidi is one of the two buildings belonging to the Etzel Museum of Tel Aviv and it is placed next to the sea shore.
7. Libian immigrants Synagogue
The Libyan synagogue of Jaffa is an Mizrahi Jewish synagogue built inside a former hotel in 1948 by Jewish immigrants from Libya. Located on Rehov Mazal Daggim, the Pisces (Fish) Street, in the historical part of Jaffa, it is the oldest synagogue in Tel Aviv-Yafo.
8. Jaffa Clock Tower
The Jaffa Clock Tower 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.
9. Tel Aviv Great Synagogue
The Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv is located on 110 Allenby Street, Tel Aviv, just east of the Shalom Tower. The building was designed by Yehuda Magidovitch in 1922 and completed in 1926. It was renovated in 1970 with a new external facade of arches.
10. Hapalmach Museum
The Palmach Museum is a museum located in Ramat Aviv, Israel dedicated to the Palmach, the strike-force of the pre-state underground Haganah defense organization, which was later integrated into the Israel Defense Forces.
11. Shuk HaPishpeshim
The Jaffa Flea Market is a flea market where various objects, clothes and furniture items are sold, new and used. The market is located in the area of Amiad, Olei Zion, Yehuda Margoza and Beit Eshel Streets in Jaffa.
12. Contemporary art museum
The Bat Yam Museum of Art is a Museum of Contemporary Art that is part of Moby: Bat Yam Museums. The museum is located in the Ramat Yosef neighborhood of the city and named after David Ben Ari, Bat Yam's first mayor.
13. Gan Meir
Meir Park is a park dating back to the early 1940s in the center of Tel Aviv, Israel. It is named after the first mayor of Tel Aviv, Meir Dizengoff and is home to the Tel Aviv Municipal LGBT Community Center.
14. Heichal HaTarbut
Heichal HaTarbut, officially the Charles Bronfman Auditorium, until 2013 the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium, is the largest concert hall in Tel Aviv, Israel, and home to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
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