4032 x 6048 px | 34,1 x 51,2 cm | 13,4 x 20,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2010
Ubicazione:
Tel Aviv - Jaffa Israel
Altre informazioni:
Toward the end of the 19th century al-Ajami Neighborhood, stretching south of Old Jaffa and projecting into the Mediterranean, started to be built outside the walls of Old Jaffa. The neighborhood is named after one of prophet Muhammad's companions, Ibrahim al-Ajami, who is believed to have been buried in the neighborhood, next to al-Ajami mosque. The neighborhood began as a small Maronite settlement , a neighborhood with ample houses, streets parallel to the sea, small stairway-alleys leading down to the shore and a church in the center. In the beginning of the 20th century hundreds of families, mainly Christian-Arabs, from different financial background and different places in the country had settled in al-Ajami, the neighborhood expanded to the south as a narrow strip between the seashore to the west and orchards to the east, until in merged with al-Jabaliyya neighborhood. In the period between the two World Wars new construction techniques -- most notably reinforced concrete -- and aesthetic values have infiltrated from Europe to the region, largely the result of the wave of Jewish European immigration. In the nearby city of Tel-Aviv the Bauhaus became a prominent style. The famous Shlush factory supplied an abundance of industrial 'traditional ornaments', such as balustrades, corbels and window decorations. In Ajami, The merging of modern techniques, industrial ornament, local building tradition of and aesthetic values created a unique architecture of lofty houses, with wide arcaded porches and intricate decoration. During the war of 1948 the majority of Jaffa's population (that was mainly Arab) fled the country and were not able to return. The deserted neighborhood was soon settled with Jewish immigrants from East Europe, the Balkans and North Africa. A large Arab population from different parts of the country moved to the neighborhood as well. Al-Ajami changed into a crowded and lively immigrant city. To accommodate the influx, its palaces-houses we
