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Ancient paintings of Haifa ( Mostly from the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Haifa, Israel ) Presentation by Dan Adler Haifa, Israel February 2009 Email : [email protected] Unchanged, this presentation can be forwarded freely to your friends .

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Ancient paintings of Haifa(Mostly from the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Haifa, Israel)

Presentation by Dan Adler

Haifa, Israel

February 2009

Email: [email protected]

Unchanged, this presentation can be forwarded freely to your friends.

A. The’vet )1566(This painting shows the bay with Acre to it’s north. The village of Haifa does not yet exist.

Olf Dappet )1677(

Haifa at the foot of Mt. Carmel, already has a port. The rivers, Kishon and Na’aman, can be seen in the center of the bay. Wadi Lotem is

depicted on the right side of the painting .

H. Maundrell )1697(The rivers Kishon and Na’aman as well as Acre are depicted. Haifa is a small village at the foot of Mt. Carmel. On the top of the mountain: the Carmelite monastery.

Laurens D’Arvieux )approx. 1700(Above the town, a camp of Arab soldiers.

W. H. Bartlett )1837(The Carmelite monastery, and beyond, the walls of the town of Haifa with the Burj at the top right.

David Roberts )1839(Haifa viewed from the east. The Burj is dominating the town from above.

Unknown painter )approx. 1840(

H.M.S Pique, Vesuvius and Zebra off Mt. Carmel during the storm of Dec. 2nd 1840.

T. Jeavons )1850(

Haifa dominated by the Burj.

Unknown painter )approx. 1850(

The walled city of Haifa, with the Burj )on the right below the mountain(.

Van de Velde )1851(

The view from today’s Bat Galim.

Unknown painter )approx. 1860(

H. A. Harper )1867(The footpath to Stella Maris.

Unknown painter

Haifa’s approaches from the east.

Unknown painter )approx. 1880(Possibly Wadi Lotem leading down to the sea.

Person )end of the 19th Century(The German colony.

J. D. Woodward )Early 20th Century(

View from the bay.