Jaffa - St Peter's Monastery

A few hundred meters beyond the archeological museum in Jaffa is the acropolis (37m/121ft), on which is the Franciscan monastery of St Peter, built in 1654 on the site of a 13th century Crusader castle. Its name recalls the apostle Peter's visit to Jaffa (Acts 9,36-43), as does the so-called tomb of Tabitha in the Russian Monastery. From the courtyard of the monastery steps lead down to the vaulted chambers, still intact, of the Crusader castle.