Editing Shefa-Amr (section)

==Landmarks and religious sites==
[[File:Zzzfrance 385.jpg|thumb|[[St. Peter & St. Paul Church, Shefa-Amr|St. Peter & St. Paul Church]]]]
*A fort was built in 1760 by Zahir al-Umar to secure the entrance to Galilee. The fort was built on the ruins of a Crusader fort called "Le Seffram". The ground floor of the fort stabled the horses, the first floor above ground was for Zahir's residential quarters. Zahir's fort is considered the biggest fort remaining in the Galilee. After the establishment of the state, the fort was used as a police station. After a new station was built in the "Fawwar" neighbourhood, the fort was renovated and converted to a youth center, which has since closed down.<ref>Syon and Hillmann, 2006, [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=339&mag_id=111 Shefar‘am, Final report]</ref>
*"The Tower" or "al Burj" is an old Crusader fort located in the southern part of the city.
[[File:Shfaram-890.jpg|thumb|The old market of Shefa-Amr]]
*The old market of Shefa-Amr was once the bustling heart of the city. Now all that remains is one coffee shop where elderly men gather every day to play backgammon and drink coffee. According to the mayor of Shefa-Amr, Nahed Khazem, the government provided a budget for improving and reviving the old market and developing the area around the fort as a tourist attraction.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}
*The [[Shfaram Ancient Synagogue]] is an old synagogue on the site of an even older structure. It is recorded as being active in 1845. A Muslim resident of the town holds the keys.<ref>{{cite news |author=שי ניר |newspaper=[[Davar|Davar Rishon]] |url=https://www.davar1.co.il/146557/ |title=אופטימיות ופחד (Optimism and Fear) |date=August 31, 2018 |access-date=2019-07-20}}</ref> The synagogue was renovated in 2006. The tomb of Rabbi [[Judah ben Baba]], a well-known rabbi from the 2nd century who was captured and executed by the Romans, is still standing and many Jewish believers come to visit it.
*Byzantine period tombs are located in the middle of the city. They were the graves of the 5th and 6th-century Christian community. The tomb entrances are decorated with sculptures of lions and Greek inscriptions which make mention of [[Jesus]].<ref name=SWP339/>
*In the center of the city, where the [[Sisters of Nazareth convent - Shefa-Amr|Sisters of Nazareth convent]] now stands, was a 4th-century church, St. Jacob's. This church is mentioned in the notes of ecclesiastical historians, although the original church has been replaced by the monastery. Some marble columns remain, similar to those used to build the earliest churches.
*[[St. Peter & St. Paul Church, Shefa-Amr|St. Peter & St. Paul Church]] is located in one of the town's peaks near the fort, it has a high bell tower and a large purple dome. The church was built by Otman, who made a promise to build it if his fort was finished successfully. The walls of the church began to weaken, and in 1904 the entire church building was reinforced and renovated. This is the main church of the local Greek Catholic community.
*The Mosque of Ali Ibn Abi Talib (Old Mosque) was constructed near the castle in the days of [[Sulayman Pasha al-Adil|Sulayman Pasha]]