Haifa, Israel - Carmel Ave, & Bahai Temple, old cars - RP postcard, stamps 1956

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Haifa, Israel - Carmel Avenue and Bahai Temple - shows busy road with old cars - real photo type
• Publisher:  none spotted [unless given in Hebrew which I can't read]
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Israel 10pt green (SG115) x2 + 5-pt blue (SG119)
• Postmark(s):  not totally legible cds's but dated 1956
• Sent to:  Genova, Italy
• Notes / condition: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Haifa (Hebrew: ?????? Heifa?, Hebrew pronunciation: [?ei?'fa], colloquial Hebrew pronunciation: ['?ai?fa]; Arabic: ????? ?ayfa?)^[2] is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 291,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including Daliyat al-Karmel, the Krayot, Nesher, Tirat Carmel, and some Kibbuzim. Together these areas form a contiguous urban area home to nearly 600,000 residents which makes up the inner core of the Haifa metropolitan area.^[1][3] It is also home to the Bahá'í World Centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[4]

Built on the slopes of Mount Carmel, the history of settlement at the site spans more than 3,000 years. The earliest known settlement in the vicinity was Tell Abu Hawam, a small port city established in the Late Bronze Age (14th century BCE).^[5] In the 3rd century CE, Haifa was known as a dye-making center. Over the centuries, the city has changed hands: It has been conquered and ruled by the Phoenicians, Persians, Hasmoneans, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Ottomans, British, and the Israelis. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948; the city has been governed by the Haifa Municipality.

Today, the city is a major seaport located on Israel's Mediterranean coastline in the Bay of Haifa covering 63.7 square kilometres (24.6 sq mi). It is located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of Tel Aviv and is the major regional center of northern Israel. Two respected academic institutions, the University of Haifa and the Technion, are located in Haifa, and the city plays an important role in Israel's economy. It is home to Matam, one of the oldest and largest high-tech parks in the country.^[6] Haifa Bay is a center of heavy industry, petroleum refining and chemical processing. Haifa was formerly the western terminus of an oil pipeline from Iraq via Jordan.^[7] The city is considered to be the Israeli equivalent of San Francisco because of its sloping steep streets and proximity to a bay.

The earliest named settlement within the domain of modern-day Haifa was a city known as Sycaminum.^[8] The Arabic Tell el-Semak (or Tell es-Samak, meaning ""mound of the fish"") preserved and transformed this ancient name, with locals using it to refer to a coastal tell at the foot of the Carmel Mountains that contains its remains.^[9][10] In Hebrew, it is known as Tel Shiqmona or Shikmonah.^[10] Shiqmona is mentioned once in the Mishnah (composed c. 200 CE) for the wild fruits that grow around it.^[10]

The name Efa first appears during Roman rule, some time after the end of the 1st century, when a Roman fortress and small Jewish settlement were established not far from Tell es-Samak.^[8][10] Haifa is also mentioned more than 100 times in the Talmud, a book central to Judaism.^[10]

Hefa or Hepha in Eusebius of Caesarea's 4th-century work, Onomasticon (Onom. 108, 31), is said to be another name for Sycaminus.^[11] This synonymizing of the names is explained by Moshe Sharon who writes that the twin ancient settlements, which he calls Haifa-Sycaminon, gradually expanded into one another, becoming a twin city known by the Greek names Sycaminon or Sycaminos Polis.^[10] References to this city end with the Byzantine period.^[5]

Around the 6th century, Porphyreon or Porphyrea is mentioned in the writings of William of Tyre, and while it lies within the area covered by modern Haifa, it was a settlement situated south of Haifa-Sycaminon.^[5][10]

Following the Arab conquest in the 7th century, Haifa was used to refer to a site established on Tell es-Samak upon what were already the ruins of Sycaminon (Shiqmona).^[10] Haifa (or Haifah) is mentioned by the mid-11th-century Persian chronicler Nasir Khusraw, and the 12th- and 13th-century Arab chroniclers, Muhammad al-Idrisi and Yaqut al-Hamawi.^[12]

The Crusaders, who captured Haifa briefly in the 12th century, call it Caiphas,^[8] and believe its name related to Cephas, the Greek name of Simon Peter.^[9] Eusebius is also said to have referred to Hefa as Caiaphas civitas,^[13] and Benjamin of Tudela, the 12th-century Jewish traveller and chronicler, is said to have attributed the city's founding to Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest at the time of Jesus.^[9]

Other spellings in English have included Caipha, Kaipha, Caiffa, Kaiffa and Khaifa.^[14]

Haifa al-'Atiqa (Arabic: ""Ancient Haifa"") is another name used by locals to refer to Tell es-Samak, as it was the site of Haifa when it was a hamlet of 250 residents, before it was moved in 1764-5 to a new fortified site founded by Daher el-Omar one and half miles 2.4 kilometres to the east.^[15] The new village, the nucleus of modern Haifa, was originally named al-imara al-jadida (Arabic: ""the new construction""), but locals called it Haifa al-Jadida (Arabic: ""New Haifa"") at first, and then simply Haifa.^[2] In the early 20th century, Haifa al 'Atiqa was repopulated as a predominantly Arab Christian neighborhood of Haifa as it expanded outward from its new location.^[16]

The ultimate origin of the name Haifa remains unclear. One theory holds it derives from the name of the high priest Caiaphas. Some Christians believe it was named for Saint Peter, whose Aramaic name was Keiphah.^[17] Another theory holds it could be derived from the Hebrew verb root ??? (hafa), meaning to cover or shield, i.e. Mount Carmel covers Haifa;^[17] others point to a possible origin in the Hebrew word ???? (hof), meaning shore, or ???? ????? (hof yafe), meaning beautiful shore.^[17][18]

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period=1945 - present

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