Kikar HaMeginim Safed
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− | + | [[File:00000123 tree of life sign kikar magenim.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Tree of Life sign.]]('''Hebrew''': כיכר המגינים / '''Translation''': Defender’s Square / '''Pronunciation''' Ki-kar Ha’Meg-in-im /'''Other Names''': Central Square, The Kikar / '''Definition''': Central plaza of Tzfat’s Old Jewish Quarter) | |
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− | + | Kikar HaMeginim, the central plaza of [[Old City Safed|Tzfat’s Old City]], is a popular gathering place for residents and visitors. People sit in the sunny square eating ice cream, enjoying a meal or simply sipping a drink while they watch the slow pace of [[Safed|Tzfat]] life and imbue the atmosphere of the hundreds-year-old homes and buildings which surround the plaza. Few people know that the square itself is a major historical landmark of the city. | |
== History == | == History == | ||
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=== War of Independence === | === War of Independence === | ||
− | [[File: | + | [[File:00000281 kikar hamaginim old city tzfat.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Corner of the Kikar.]]During the early part of the Arab siege on Tzfat, the Jewish defenders were headquartered in The Kikar from where they could maintain civilian and military control over the Jewish Quarter. Although the main headquarters later moved to a more defensible position (the home of Ya’akov Mizrachi, father of the first casualty of the Battle for Tzfat), many of the “Haganah” -- defense forces -- communiques and other commands continued to come from a branch of the headquarters which remained in The Kikar throughout the [[Safed-War-of-Independence|Battle for Tzfat]]. |
After the war the square was renamed “Kikar HaMeginim” -- Defender’s Square. | After the war the square was renamed “Kikar HaMeginim” -- Defender’s Square. | ||
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{{Safed History}} | {{Safed History}} | ||
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[[Category:Safed]] | [[Category:Safed]] |