Safed
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Safed is a historic hilltop city in northern Israel renowned as one of Judaism’s four holy cities and a major center of Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah).
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Safed canonical | 75 |
| Old City of Safed | 3 |
| Artists’ Quarter of Safed | 1 |
| Safed Municipality | 1 |
| Safed, Galilee | 1 |
| Zefat | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
holy city in Judaism ⓘ regional center ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Isaac Luria
ⓘ
Joseph Karo ⓘ Moshe Cordovero ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| demographics | Jewish majority ⓘ |
| economy |
arts and crafts
ⓘ
religious pilgrimage ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
approximately 2,953 feet
ⓘ
approximately 900 meters ⓘ |
| feature |
narrow stone alleyways
ⓘ
panoramic views of Galilee ⓘ stone houses ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Safed
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Safed Municipality
|
| hasCulturalEvent | Klezmer music festival ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSite |
Safed
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Artists’ Quarter of Safed
|
| hasReligiousInstitution |
Abuhav Synagogue
ⓘ
Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue ⓘ Yosef Caro Synagogue ⓘ |
| historicalEraOfProminence | 16th century ⓘ |
| historicalRole | center of Kabbalistic scholarship in the 16th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Jewish mysticism
ⓘ
Kabbalah ⓘ artists’ quarter ⓘ historic Old City ⓘ religious study ⓘ synagogues ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Arabic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Northern District, Israel ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Galilee
ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Galilee
|
| locatedNear |
Meron mountain range
ⓘ
Sea of Galilee ⓘ |
| locatedOnTerrainFeature | hilltop ⓘ |
| partOf | four holy cities of Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
major center of Jewish mysticism
ⓘ
one of Judaism’s four holy cities ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| sharesStatusWith |
Hebron
ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ Tiberias ⓘ |
| tourismType |
heritage tourism
ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ |
Referenced by (82)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Safed Municipality
this entity surface form:
Artists’ Quarter of Safed
this entity surface form:
Zefat
this entity surface form:
Old City of Safed
this entity surface form:
Old City of Safed
this entity surface form:
Old City of Safed
this entity surface form:
Safed, Galilee
subject surface form:
Isaac Luria